Episodes 12
Avg. Duration 31m
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Since Mar 2021
Latest Episode Jun 2025

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A contemporary art podcast that brings together artists, writers and thinkers to discuss how art responds to the world around us. Hosted by philosopher Vid Simoniti, each episode features artists in this year's Liverpool Biennial exhibition, paired with unexpected guests--from cultural critics to community voices. In Season 2, we unpick the central idea of Liverpool Biennial 2025: Bedrock. In an often polarised and fragmented world, what remains our bedrock? What are the things that ground us? Our guests explore answers from a shared family, history, or culture, to a critique of the economic and political realities that undergird our everyday experiences. You can listen to the episodes in order, or by scanning the QR codes next to the artworks exhibited around the city. Each episode features two LB2025 artists, and puts them in conversation with a thinker, performer or writer. www.biennial.com Credits Written and presented by Vid Simoniti, with contributions from Marie-Anne McQuay Co-producer Martha Murphy Sound design Luke Thomas Visual design ohfourtwoseven ⁠ Supported by Liverpool Biennial and the University of Liverpool

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S2E6 The Soil and the Rock - Liverpool Biennial 2025 Ep 6

Jun 22, 2025 34m

In the final episode we dig deeper into the terrestrial bedrock of Liverpool: the inspiration for this year's theme of the Liverpool Biennial exhibition. Artist collective DARCH share how their work…

S2E4 The Oldest Chinatown - Liverpool Biennial 2025 Ep 5

Jun 15, 2025 31m

Liverpool has the oldest Chinatown in Europe, dating back to the 1830s. We explore how the concept of Chinatowns around the world has changed and how it remains a cultural bedrock for the communities…

S2E4 Materials That Make Us - Liverpool Biennial 2025 Ep 4

Jun 06, 2025 30m

Cobalt is in our phones, 50% of packaged goods contain palm oil and microplastics have been detected in human placentas. Globally traded materials are, for better or for worse, the everyday bedrock…

S2E3 Layers of the City - Liverpool Biennial 2025 Ep 3

Jun 01, 2025 35m

Cities are continuously built over, and so their histories begin disappearing. We discuss how attention to architecture uncovers lost social memory. Vid takes a walk around Liverpool with writer Jeff…

S2E2 The Historical and the Personal - Liverpool Biennial 2025 Ep 2

May 25, 2025 38m

Our histories can unite us, but they can also haunt us. The artists we talk to respond to ghosts of the past by interweaving historical narratives with reflection on their personal lives. Dawit L…

S2E1 Chosen Families - Liverpool Biennial 2025 Ep 1

May 18, 2025 34m

How do families inspire artists today? Artist Alice Rekab draws on their Irish and Sierra Leonian ancestry to recover a sense of belonging. Film-maker Amber Akaunu explores single parenting in her…

S1E6 What is a Biennial? · Liverpool Biennial Episode 6

Mar 11, 2021 26m

How do biennial curators weave a narrative out of diverse artworks? Liverpool Biennial Director Sam Lackey shares her experience; curator Manuela Moscoso discusses the process behind Liverpool…

S1E5 Speculation · Liverpool Biennial Episode 5

Mar 11, 2021 29m

Art that imagines alternative futures and pasts. Artist Larry Achiampong discusses the legacies of Afrofuturism today, while Luisa Ungar's debates the role of fiction in the archive. We are joined by…

S1E4 The Port · Liverpool Biennial Episode 4

Mar 11, 2021 29m

Art that portrays seas and migration. Alberta Whittle's new video unearths links between climate change and colonialism. Invernomuto's sound installation traces the influences of the Black diaspora…

S1E3 Transitions · Liverpool Biennial Episode 3

Mar 11, 2021 29m

On art that reflects our changing bodies. Pedro Neves Marques' film raises the possibility of male pregnancies; Ane Graff's sculptures show how our bodies adapt to pollution. We are joined by curator…

S1E2 Forest · Liverpool Biennial Episode 2

Mar 11, 2021 28m

How can art respond to ecological challenges? Jorge Menna Barreto relates how his "stomach sculpture" protects the Amazon rainforest, and video artist Bo Zheng discusses whether we can have sex with…

S1E1 Violence · Liverpool Biennial Episode 1

Mar 11, 2021 29m

How can artists show violence with sensitivity? Painter Ebony G Patterson discusses her portraits of gang members in Jamaica. Photographer Sohrab Hura's explains his response to social media violence…

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