Liverpool Pavilions

The Pavilions Project is at the forefront of Liverpool's Capital of Culture 2008 Public Interventions Programme.  The aim is to take over the city throughout 2008 and form a broad and inclusive programme of work that reflects Liverpool’s cultural life and its varied communities including the city centre’s surrounding neighbourhoods.

 

The Pavilions Project has been supported by the Big Table; made up of Liverpool Biennial, Metal in Kensington, Rotunda College North Liverpool and Garston Cultural Village. In 2005 the Big Table Network was formed with the aim of creating, through collaborative programming, a presence in the city centre for the communities of the outer neighbourhoods, and a presence for the Biennial in the neighbourhoods beyond the city centre. A model for this proposal was provided by the city of Lille’s network of 12 Maisons Folie realised for its year as European Capital of Culture 2004. This involved the networking and re-branding of existing community centres and creation of additional centres.

 

Metal's project for Kensington is Juan Manuel Peláez and Luis Fernando Pelaez 's 'Nexus' a temporary outdoor ‘pavilion’ at Edge Hill Station in Liverpool. The proposed structure is situated off Tunnel Road (L7) on the approach road to Platforms 3 and 4, until the end of 2008 and is free and accessible to the public.

 

The structure was designed by the artists based on an area of wooden Grade 11 listed* paving at the station, dating back to the early 1800’s. The individual ‘peg’ sections of the paving reminded the artists of moorings for ships and they liked the idea of referencing travel from the past whilst looking to the future.

 

The pavilion will be programmed by Metal and the residents and community around Edge Hill station. This commission will become a beacon for the area, a visual statement of ambition and aspiration for the use of the station as a cultural resource.

For more information on Liverpool's 2008 Capital of Culture celebrations Liverpool08.com