Arts Diary: Exhibition Kensington Cradle Songs/Bridewell Studios

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IN 1976, a derelict police station on Prescot Street, opposite the Royal hospital, was rented by a group of artists to serve as a work and exhibition space. They named it Bridewell Studios. Subsequently the artists purchased the property and it is now one of the oldest independent art spaces on Merseyside.

Its present exhibition is Kensington Cradle Songs, a work by Glasgow-based artist Hannah Tuulikki. Nine members of Kensington's diverse community were invited by Tuulikki to a group session and asked to sing lullabies from their own cultural backgrounds, slowly and at the same time.

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Arts Diary: Exhibition Kensington Cradle Songs/Bridewell Studios

In doing this, the group became less focused on the language...

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