When 18th September - 28th November

Times Tues - Sat 11.00 - 18.00, Sun 11.00 - 16.00

City States is a series of international exhibitions focused on life in cities around the world. The greatest challenges faced by humanity are in the cities, where the majority of the population now lives. City-to-city learning is the quickest and most effective way of addressing these challenges. City States

The exhibition is brought together in a major collaboration between the Contemporary Urban Centre and the Liverpool Biennial.

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Exhibitions include:

FUTURE MOVEMENTS– JERUSALEM
Curated by Samar Martha

Artists: Jawad Al Malhi (Palestine), Sarah Beddington (UK), Anna Boggon (UK), Raouf Haj Yihya (Palestine), Alexandra Handal (Palestine), Shuruq Harb (Palestine), Maj Hasager (Denmark), Jakob Jakobsen (Denmark), Bouchra Khalili (Morocco/France), Kevork Mourad (Syria), Larissa Sansour (Palestine/Denmark), Oraib Toukan (Jordan), Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou Rahme (Palestine), CAMP Group (India).

VILNIUS: CITY WITHOUT WALLS
Curators: Raúl Zamudio, Laura Rutkute
Curatorial assistant: Augustina Matuseviciute
Organiser: Vartai gallery, Vilnius

Artists: Laura Garbštiene; Žilvinas Kempinas; Žilvinas Landzbergas; S& P Stanikas.

THREE MOMENTS: THE CARIBBEAN
Curated by David A. Bailey

Artists: Ewan Atkinson (Barbados), Ishi Butcher, (Barbados), Akyem Ramsay, (Barbados), David Damoison, (Martinique), Christian Bertin, (Martinique), Kendra Frorup (Bahamas), Heino Schmid (Bahamas), John Beadle (Bahamas), Lynn Parotti (Bahamas), Lavar Munroe (Bahamas), Blue Curry (Bahamas/UK).

NORWAY, SWEDEN, ICELAND, DENMARK, FINLAND: NORDIC PAVILLION
Curated by Claudia Lastra in collaboration with NICE (Nordic Intercultural Creative Events)

Artists: Kalle Brolin (Sweden), Knut Asdam (Norway), Hrafnkell Sigurdsson (Iceland), Johanna Lecklin (Finland), Marianna Morkore and Rannva Karadottir (Faroe Islands), Hrafnhildur Arnardottir aka 'Shoplifter’ (Iceland), Soren Thilo Funder (Denmark).

QUÉBEC CITY: TACTFUL RITUALS
Curated by Manifestation Internationale d’art de Québec
Claude Bélanger, commissioned by Sylvain Campeau

Artists: Annie Baillargeon (Québec), Martin Dufrasne / Carl Bouchard (Montréal/ Chicoutimi), Claudie Gagnon (Issoudun), Massimo Guerrera (Montréal), Adad Hannah (Montréal), Manon Labrecque (Montréal), Catherine Sylvain (Montréal), Julie Andrée T (Québec).

TAIPEH: ORGANIC INTERFACE
Curated by Catherine Jiang

Artists: work by Chen, Chieh-jen, Hou, I Ting, Lin, Kun-Ying, Wu, Cheng-Chang, Chung, Yi-Lung and performances by Wang, Fujui, Liu, Yin-Sheng, Fu, Wen-Chin and Lee, Mei-Yi Chang, Hui-Sheng.

MEDIA LANDSCAPE, ZONE EAST

Hun Kyungwoo (Korea), Koo Jeong-A (Korea), Kim Kira (Korea), Park Junebum, (Korea), Oh Kyungmin (Korea), Shin Kiwoun (Korea), Lee Hyunchul (Korea), Kim Youngeun (Korea), Mioon (Korea), Chung Yumi (Korea), Taguchi Yukihiro (Japan), Taro Izumi (Japan), Sakakibara Sumito, Japan, Zhao Liang (China), Zhang Qing (China), Qiu Anxiong (China), Yang Fudong, (China), Wang Jianwei, (China), Ma Qiusha, (China), Wu Chi-Tsung, (Taiwan), Fong Silas, (Hong Kong), Dinh Q Le, (Vietnam), Kuswidananto Augustinus aka Jompet, (Indonesia), Ho Tzu Nyen, (Singapore).

Consists of a cluster of six international exhibitions, initiated and wholly supported by embassies, foreign governments, international agencies or galleries, that explore the cultural dynamics between cities and states.

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