Banjo and the Portal Adventures

Banjo and the
Portal Adventures
Visit Liverpool Biennial 2016 exhibition sites and
collect your stamps:
Introduction
Exhibitions open daily 10AM-6PM
Banjo and the Portal Adventures is a short story
inspired by Liverpool Biennial 2016.
Cains Brewery
Stanhope Street,
L8 5XJ
Tate Liverpool
Albert Dock,
Liverpool Waterfront,
L3 4BB
Open Eye Gallery
19 Mann Island,
Liverpool Waterfront,
L3 1BP
ABC Cinema
Lime Street and Elliot Street
L1 1JN
FACT
88 Wood Street,
L1 4DQ
Hondo Chinese Supermarket
3 Upper Duke Street
L1 9DU
Story by Hato & Polly Brannan
Illustrations by Charlotte Mei & Charlene Man
Designed by Hato
Special thanks to Year 7 pupils and Pete Ward from Childwall Sports and
Science Academy.
We invite you to join Banjo the cat on a journey
across the city, collecting stamps to fill up this
book from Liverpool Biennial 2016 exhibition sites:
Cains Brewery, Tate Liverpool, ABC cinema, Open
Eye Gallery, FACT and Hondo Supermarket.
On this adventure, Banjo travels through space
and time, meeting artworks and characters from
Liverpool Biennial’s exhibition: Marvin Gaye
Chetwynd’s animals, Oliver Laric’s sculptures,
Koki Tanaka’s school children from 1985, Hato’s
Space Bus, Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s Binoculars
and Ian Cheng’s dog.
We hope you enjoy this adventure as much as
Banjo did!
Polly Brannan
Education Curator
Liverpool Biennial
It all started with the animal
parade. Dogs, giraffes, pigs
and a hippo marched through
Liverpool’s Chinatown.
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It’s not often that cats like Banjo
find themselves straying far from
home. But one curious day, this
curious cat came across quite
a surprise.
Banjo loved a good parade so off
he went and joined them. One
two, one two, they marched up
the street and around the corner,
through the Chinese arch and…
ZAP!
Banjo found himself in a place of tall
columns and marbled monuments.
‘This looks like Ancient Greece but it’s
actually the Oratory in Anicent Liverpool...
Are you here to help me get this lot back to
the museum?’ it asked.
‘This must be Ancient Greece!’ he mused.
‘But how did I get here?’
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‘Aha!’ cried the statue.
‘Take my hand, kitty dear.
I’ll show you the way.’
With a purr of relief Banjo
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‘Er... I don’t think so.
I came with the parade,
but it’s time I got home.’
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‘Are you heading to the future?’
Banjo mewed above the din.
‘Looks like the future is that way!’ he
thought with delight. So up he leaped for a
comfortable shoulder to rest on.
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This was not what Banjo expected. The streets
were filled with noise and clamour. Bright signs
and bright little faces marched down the road.
Here was a parade of a different kind.
‘Strike for our future, strike for our future!’
the crowd chanted as one.
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New ferries flew through the water, the Hello Future Me bus
zipped past like a train. Nothing stayed still. It all zoomed
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‘Oooh!’ Banjo wailed. If the future was what he wanted,
he was certain this was far too far. Everything moved at
warp speed.
No matter what he did, Banjo seemed to
stray further and further. Here he was
in a digi-world and right there in front of
him was a digi-dog. Banjo was sorely in
need of a friend.
‘But follow me. I can help
you get home.’
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‘There are portals everywhere’ the
digi-dog explained. ‘You can find
them all over Liverpool, and behind
each portal there’s a different story.’
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‘Funny animals and parades, statues and digital
dogs.’ Banjo chuckled sleepily. ‘Liverpool’s not got
all of that…or has it?’
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Back home curled up on the counter with a belly
full of steamed fish, Banjo sighed as Lin tickled his
tired back.
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Things to do in Liverpool
recommended by children
Best Library
Most Fun Museum
• Liverpool Library –
Crime Section
• Museum of Natural History
• World Museum
Best Swimming Place
Free Things
• Garston and Europa Pools
• Best Milkshakes
• Archies at the top of
Hanover Street
• Sprinkles on lodge lane
• Udderly Delicious –
West Derby
• Free food samples in
supermarkets
• Lifestyles – free Zumba
for kids
Best View
•
•
•
•
•
Otterspool front front
Top of the cathedral
Pier head
Radio City tower
View at Everton brow
Best Skate Park
• Otterspool
• Everton
Best Bike Track
• Huyton leisure centre
BMX track
Best Park
• Sefton Park
Fun Things
•
•
•
•
•
Farmageddon (October)
Velocity trampoline park
Spring City – trampolining
Airbourne academy
Area 51 – Belle Vale
lazer quest
• Jungle Fun – Children’s play
centre
• Forbidden Planet comic book
shop on Bold Street
Education and Family Programme
Saturday 9 July
Every Saturday
Minecraft Infinity Project
11–12pm (presentation),
12–5.30pm (drop-in), FACT
Explore
1–4pm, Bluecoat
See what happens when art and
Minecraft collide! Presentation
followed by open play session led
by YouTube experts.
Artist-led activities for families
to do together, inspired by the
Biennial exhibitions. Drop in for a
short time or spend all afternoon
making your own masterpiece.
Suitable for all ages.
Sunday 31 July, 28 August,
25 September & 16 October
27–29 July or 3–5 August
Liverpool Biennial
Sunday Comedy Club
10–12 August or 17–19 August
1–5pm, The Studio, Tate Liverpool
A monthly workshop for families
to create their own comedy
shows inspired by Liverpool
Biennial 2016. Spend the day
with educators and comedians
to develop your acts, which can
include poetry, song and stand-up.
Every other Saturday
16 July–8 October
Do Something! Saturdays
12–4pm, FACT
Explore hands-on skills from
designing with technology
and the role of art in gaming,
to sculpting, filmmaking and
animation techniques. Suitable
for ages 7+.
(Ages 8–11) /
(Ages 12–14)
Prototype
FACT, £60 for three days
Designed to inspire confidence
and creativity, Prototype is a
summer camp where tinkering
with tech allows young people to
build their own knowledge. Learn
a range of digital skills from
coding and circuitry to designing
and building in Minecraft.
Principal funders
International agencies
Department of
Culture and the Arts
Founding Supporter
James Moores
Liverpool Biennial partners
Corporate partners
Commission and project partners
Support for Arseny Zhilyaev’s work provided by Dilyara Allakhverdova and Elchin Safarov.
Sponsors
Trusts and foundations
Travel partner
Hospitality partners
Corporate patrons
Gallery circle
Patrons
Casey Kaplan
Chatterjee & Lal
David Kordansky Gallery
Galleria Franco Noero
Galerie Lelong
Galerie Micheline Swajcer
Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde
kurimanzutto
MadeIn Gallery
Mai 36 Galerie
Pilar Corrias
Sadie Coles HQ
Wilfried Lentz Rotterdam
Alex Wainwright (Chair)
Leila Alexander
Alice Anastasiou
Jo and Tom Bloxham
Simon Edwards
Jonathan Falkingham
Anna Fox and Peter Goodbody
Roland and Rosemary Hill
Daniel and Alison Rees
Paula Ridley
Peter Woods and Francis Ryan
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