Interview with Leo Fitzmaurice

The OUTPUT podcast heads to Liverpool's oldest building and the UK's oldest arts centre to talk to artist, writer, curator and historian Bryan Biggs about spending 30+ years in Liverpool's arts scene, the Bluecoat's current interrogation of its colonial origins, and the many projects he's been involved in over the years - also features a number of tracks selected by Bryan: expect art-punk, reggae, roots and more.

In the latest episode of the OUTPUT podcast, new host / gallery director Michael Lacey interviews Ciarán Wood about his current exhibition at the gallery, and a film which weaves footage shot by the artist's father in the early 2000s into a poetic exploration of Liverpool's social, architectural and class histories. Other topics discussed include Wood's life as an artist around the UK and Holland, how people from New Brighton view Liverpool and what his best karaoke performance is...

Sumuyya Khader, one of Liverpool's most popular emerging artists, joins us on the OUTPUT podcast for a wide ranging chat covering her postal exhibition, politics, society and life. Listen to find out more about Sumuyya's path as an artist since graduation up to the recent founding of Granby Press, the challenges facing young black artists today, and strategies for tackling those challenges. A full transcript is available from www.outputgallery.com/podcast Instagram: @Sumuyya / Twitter: @Sumuyyaa Interviewed by Gabrielle de la Puente

This episode of the OUTPUT Gallery podcast is an interview with exhibiting artist Hassnat Sikander, whose work explores the emotional and psychological impacts of cultural enforcements. Hassnat uses text, collage, spoken word and sound to raise awareness about injustices towards women and the mental health issues that are often neglected within traditional communities. Hassnat and host Gabrielle de la Puente discuss Hassnat's practice within the context of her experiences and struggles, her current "punkjabi" focus which combines elements of traditional Punjabi culture with a punk aesthetic, and her experiences as an artist since being one of OUTPUT's first exhibitors when the space opened in 2018. A full transcript is available from www.outputgallery.com

Gabrielle speaks to two members of Radical Womxn's Dance Party about their postal exhibition at OUTPUT Gallery, which aims to bring wider attention ideas around prison abolition. They discuss this project (which is a collaboration with CAPE - Campaign Against Prison Expansion), the ways which anyone can get involved in the movement, and the sense of harmony and nature that underpins their radical left wing politics. 

This time on OUTPUT Gallery's podcast, Gabrielle is in conversation with Leo Fitzmaurice about his work 'Circus Goes Around' (2020), a video over a decade in the making. We discuss his current postal exhibition with OUTPUT alongside his wider practice, his experiences as a young artist and how the art scene in Liverpool has changed over the course of his career. A transcript of this episode is available from outputgallery.com/podcast Artist - Leo Fitzmaurice / instagram @leo.fitzmaurice / leofitzmaurice.com Hosted by Gabrielle de la Puente Jingle by Michael Lacey

In our latest episode, we talk to Mali Draper and Dan Waine about their latest project for OUTPUT - an exploration of a dreamlike, fragmented narrative which encompasses a postal exhibition, a sound walk in Princes Park and a series of online resources related to sound design. A transcript of this episode is available from outputgallery.com/podcast Artist - Mali Draper / instagram @malidraper - Dan Waine / instagram @dan_waine Hosted by Gabrielle de la Puente Jingle by Michael Lacey

In the first episode of 2021, we speak to artist Donal Moloney about his postal exhibition with OUTPUT, a large-scale abstracted drawing which has been divided into 100 smaller images. We discuss the art scene in his hometown of Cork, his experiences in Liverpool, his long-standing love of painting, his career as an educator and how this impacts his artistic practice.  A transcript of this episode is available from outputgallery.com/podcast Artist - Donal Moloney / instagram @donal_moloney_art / twitter @donalmoloneyart / website donalmoloney.net Hosted by Gabrielle de la Puente Jingle by Michael Lacey

OUTPUT gallery works exclusively with creatives from or based in Merseyside. In the latest episode of our podcast, we speak to current exhibitor Jon Edgley about his December with us, which sees us working in new ways. In the first ever OUTPUT installation, Edgley takes over the facade of the building with his own illustrated To Let signs as he examines the figure of the landlord. As well as that, Edgley's show launches OUTPUT's first postal exhibition as we move forward through the pandemic in a new way. Jon Edgley (b. 1996, Wirral) graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in 2018 and is currently based in Liverpool. We chat through all of this on the episode plus his love of drawing and his research process behind producing new work. You can find the transcription for this episode on: outputgallery.com/podcast Artist: Jon Edgley / instagram: @jon_a_edgley Host: Gabrielle de la Puente Contact: outputgallery.com / [email protected] / @outputgallery Jingle: Michael Lacey / michael-lacey.co.uk

OUTPUT gallery works exclusively with creatives from or based in Merseyside. In the latest episode, we speak to Nick Smith about his beginnings with art education, his practice as a whole, and his current show here at the space. For the exhibition, Smith is exhibiting his 2020 split screen video ‘Where Were You When It Was Shit?’ This is alongside a series of photo works titled 'In The North West It Rains And It Rains And It Rains.' These pieces examine the artist’s youth growing up in Merseyside from 1974-1996, a turbulent period for the region in a show that calls into questions whether history might be on the verge of repeating itself, given the current state of politics and welfare in the UK. You can find the transcription for this episode on: outputgallery.com/podcast Artist: Nick Smith / instagram: @nrt_smith  / twitter: @nrtsmith Host: Gabrielle de la Puente Contact: outputgallery.com / [email protected] / @outputgallery Jingle: Michael Lacey / michael-lacey.co.uk