Networked Knowledge: Bonnie Ora Sherk Plants A Living Library Seeds in Liverpool Biennial in UK
Bonnie Ora Sherk will Present an Illustrated Talk, June 15 - 10-11am PT/1-2pm ET/6-7pm BST - on A Living Library and the A.L.L. Toolkit she conceived for the Liverpool Biennial, to create a place-based Branch Liverpool Living Library & Think Park in Liverpool, to be interconnected with other A.L.L. Branches - globally.
A Living Library facilitates ecological transformations in communities. Pictured: Before & After Views into Chinatown Living Library & Think Park: 2004-2010, San Francisco, California
Her Presentation will expand on a feature she created for Enzyme 2: Life Systems, a creative Magazine developed by Brazilian artists Jorgge Menna Barreto, Joelson Buggilla, and German Art Historian/Curator, Sarah Kristin Happensberger, for the Liverpool Biennial.
Registration for Bonnie Ora Sherk's Presentation and the rest of the Enzyme 2 Event Series is completely free. Reserve your space today with link – here. Once you’ve registered through the Eventbrite system, you’ll receive a follow-up email with detailed instructions for accessing the event on the day with a Zoom link.
The June 15th Zoom Presentation will take audience members on a water-based journey, with Bonnie Ora’s site-sensitive and life-framing artworks encouraging an exploration of local watersheds and other resources.
An excerpted version highlighting Bonnie Ora’s contribution to the Magazine is linked here.
The Magazine situates Bonnie and her work as a point of connection — between the early ecological art movement and emerging artists, between different cultures and communities, and between bodies and the earth. A.L.L. Native Seed Packets included in the printed Magazines are a metaphorical and literal invitation into greater ecological awareness and a transformed way of being and doing for the local community.
The full publication Enzyme 2 is now also live online ! This Magazine collaboration between editors, curators, designers, and artists — including our own Bonnie Ora Sherk — is part of a commissioned program of works for the Liverpool Biennial 2021.
Enzyme 2: Life Systems is available for digital download, link here.
Celebrating its 11th year, the Liverpool Biennial is the UK’s largest festival of contemporary visual art. Centered on the body and its varied ways of connecting to the world, this year’s festival brings together 50 international artists and two collectives.
