Thoughts
Cold Nights, Hot Collabs: Why You Can’t Miss LIMF Academy’s Big January Event
Have you got the January blues? Well we have the perfect anecdote for you in the shape of LIMF Academy’s For The Love taking place in the Music Room at the Phil on Friday 16th Jan 2026. I know January is horrible – it’s cold and gloomy and some of you were probably a bit...
Liverpool Biennial 2025: A Celebration of Unmatched Success
Liverpool Biennial 2025 generated £17.4 million in economic impact for the city, according to an independent report released today. Liverpool Biennial ‘BEDROCK’, curated by Marie-Anne McQuay, took place from 7 June to 14 September 2025, featuring exhibitions at leading arts venues across the city including Bluecoat, FACT Liverpool, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool Central...
Boxing, Community, and the Unsung Heroes of Liverpool
Writing about boxing might take me slightly out of my comfort zone – but right now, in Liverpool, it’s impossible not to be captivated by it. If you’ve been near the waterfront recently, you’ve probably spotted some of the world’s top boxers exploring the city – snapping photos by the Beatles statues, filling hotel rooms,...
Yellow Studio
Yellow Studio, creators of artwork Within Water at River of Light 2025. Yellow Studio is an artistically minded design firm specializing in production design and creative direction for broadcast and live events. For more than two decades, they’ve worked closely with leading brands and artists to translate abstract ideas into vivid landscapes – brought to life...
The Urban Conga in collaboration with Serge Maheu
Optik was created by The Urban Conga in collaboration with Serge Maheu, produced by Init and is powered by Creos. The Urban Conga is an award-winning multidisciplinary design studio focused on sparking community interaction and social activity through open-ended play. Their work explores the idea of creating more playable cities as an ecosystem of inclusive...
Juan Fuentes
Juan Fuentes, creator of artworks Neuron and SPICA at River of Light 2025. After studying architecture, Juan Fuentes specialized in lighting and digital manufacturing. His multidisciplinary training allows him to fully develop his designs. Juan Fuentes’ artistic line is based on perception and geometry, evoking immersive sensations and experiences in the audience, blurring the line...
Emma Brass & Venya Krutikov
Emma Brass & Venya Krutikov, creators of artwork Face Value at River of Light 2025. Emma is a PhD student at the University of Liverpool, exploring the intersection of automation, science, and creativity. Her research focuses on building automated systems for chemistry, developing tools and workflows that push the boundaries of laboratory automation. Alongside her scientific...
Beamhacker
Beamhacker, creator of artwork Embrace at River of Light 2025. With an extensive background organising dance music events, the Beamhacker journey started while creating countless bespoke stage and venue installations. What began with a more low-fi / set design aesthetic increasingly evolved into new technologies and DIY lighting techniques, incorporating LEDs, Fibre Optics, EL Wire, Lasers,...
Serge Maheu
Cycle at River of Light 2025 was created by Serge Maheu, produced by Montreal en Lumiere and is powered by Creos. Serge Maheu trained as a computer engineer and has since followed a more creative path that led him into arts and, therefore, to become a multimedia director. By bringing together his experience in film,...
Studio Vertigo
Studio Vertigo, creators of artworks Blueprint at River of Light 2025. Studio Vertigo is an art and design collective based in the UK. It was founded by artists Lucy McDonnell and Stephen Newby to explore the relationship between objects, viewers and their environment. With the help of their multidisciplinary team, the studio creates light installations...
“My hidden disability is a part of me, but it’ll never define me”
As part of Culture Liverpool’s Leap Dance Festival Creative Grants Programme, Amy Milson has created UNSEEN, a dance film exploring her experience of living with a visual impairment. Here, the 25-year-old dance graduate from Liverpool City College explains how participating in Rambert’s Future Movement programme, also supported by Culture Liverpool, gave her the confidence to follow her dreams....
A City Where Music Matters
It’s been an unforgettable few days in Liverpool, with more than 100,000 music lovers descending on Sefton Park, Liverpool’s Head of UNESCO City of Music, Kevin McManus reflects on the last three days and how important events like this are for Liverpool. Wow, well that was a massive Big Weekend wasn’t it? In true Liverpool...
