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In 1998, James Moores created A Foundation to support the development and exhibition of contemporary art in Liverpool. The A Foundation (a registered UK charity) was the vehicle through which he initiated the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art in 1999. This is now the UK's largest contemporary visual arts festival.
The 2006 Biennial in September will launch the newly refurbished Greenland Street site, three former industrial buildings in Liverpool at the heart of the old port area. The Foundation has been instrumental in refurbishing these historic warehouses to create some of the largest exhibition spaces in the UK and, in the process, helping to regenerate an entire area. Building on the previous achievements of the foundation in Liverpool, Greenland Streets' mission is to deliver programmes of activity that showcase the very best local, regional, national and international contemporary visual arts practice. Greenland Street which comprises of The Blade Factory, The Coach Shed and The Furnace is currently undergoing a two-phase programme of redevelopment works which will improve access to all three of the buildings and includes the provision of disabled toilets. Phase two of the redevelopment programme also includes the creation of a central reception space with an arts bookshop, cafe and hospitality area.
In addition to its activities in Liverpool, A Foundation has now established itself in London's East End at Rochelle School on the Boundary Estate.
Find out more about A Foundation at www.afoundation.org.uk
The Wellcome Trust is an independent charity funding research to improve human and animal health. Established in 1936 and with an endowment of around £11 billion, it is the UK's largest non-governmental source of funds for biomedical research. As a privately endowed charity, it is independent from governments, from industry and from donors.
Collaboration between art and science is a buoyant field of activity. Visual art, music, digital media, moving image, creative writing and performance provide fresh ways of interacting with scientific research, and engaging a wide range of audiences in scientific issues. In turn, science - with its vivid history, complex contemporary advances - offers a rich supply of inspiration for the arts.
The Wellcome Trust's Sciart fund supports and encourages imaginative and experimental arts projects that investigate biomedical science and stimulate fresh thinking and debate in both disciplines. Innovation and experimentation are crucial. Sciart supports and encourages innovative arts projects investigating biomedical science and its social contexts.
Find out more about the Wellcome Trust at www.wellcome.ac.uk
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery. Arts Council England works to get more art to more people in more places. They develop and promote the arts across England, acting as an independent body at arm's length from government.
Between 2006 and 2008, ACE will invest £1.1 billion of public money from government and the National Lottery in supporting the arts. This is the bedrock of support for the arts in England. ACE believes that the arts have the power to change lives and communities, and to create opportunities for people throughout the country.
Find out more about Arts Council England at www.artscouncil.org.uk
Arup has history of working with artists. Recent examples include Antony Gormely's Angel of the North and Anish Kapoor's Marsyas.
Arup Acoustics is a global consultancy with a commitment to excellence in acoustic design, research and innovation. As a specialist consulting group within Arup, they have been on the cutting edge of audio research, development, modeling and applications using ambisonics and 3D audio in the development and design of concert halls. They use these techniques to collaborate with artists to develop 3D sound and video installations working from first principles to maximize the effectiveness of art works.
Arup SoundLab is a unique innovative technology that allows people to listen to buildings and other spaces before they are built. It offers the opportunity to listen to the spaces during the design process. This allows a subjective assessment of the performance against benchmarks or design standards and the opportunity for collaborative design.With offices in 30 countries around the world, Arup are able to address local contexts and requirements as well as drawing on international expertise to provide a service which is unsurpassed in their field.
Find out more about Arup Acoustics at www.arup.com/acoustics
The PRS Foundation for New Music is the UK's largest independent funder purely for new music of any genre. Widely respected as a refreshingly approachable and adventurous funding body, the Foundation supports an amazing range of new music activity - from unsigned band showcases to composer residencies, from commissions for new music to experimental live electronica.
Its main aims are to stimulate and support the creation and performance of new music in the UK and to help audiences understand and enjoy the new music they experience. In addition it aims to motivate public debate about the state of creative music-making in the UK.
The PRS Foundation for New Music is a particularly significant force in supporting
creatively adventurous and pioneering musical activity. Its funding and partnership
activities have kick-started many unusual collaborations and projects and helped
to underpin some of the most original and interesting musical initiatives in
the UK over the past 5 years.
Find out more about the PRS Foundation at www.prsfoundation.co.uk
Live Here Now was established in 2004 to produce and sell live recordings within minutes of a concert finishing. The project is run by a small team who combine many years of music industry experience and believe passionately in the quality of what they produce. These highly collectible live recordings are produced officially, in collaboration with the artist, combining the best techniques, engineers and equipment available. Their previous clients include Depeche Mode, Graham Coxon, Moby, Throbbing Gristle, Erasure, Mylo and Goldfrapp.
Find out more about Live Here Now at www.liveherenow.co.uk