00:00 Since the temporary closure of Tate's gallery on the Albert Dock, Design Collective Resolve
00:06 has been collaborating with creative organisations in Liverpool to redistribute the building
00:12 materials and resources.
00:14 So when we were going around the Tate building, something that really struck them was the
00:19 lockers that were used by Tate staff. A lot of them had been there for, you know, like
00:24 35 years. So they wanted to use these lockers in the exhibition because you can kind of
00:31 like open them and discover bits and bobs really around the show. And this is really
00:37 what you do in this exhibition actually. So within the lockers you have some objects that
00:42 have been lent by the different organisations that we've worked with, but they are also
00:47 parts of Resolve's collective story.
00:50 You get a car, everybody gets a car. It extends way beyond the walls of the gallery.
00:55 This exhibition at Tate's temporary home at Reba North in Man Island documents this process
01:01 and the project explores resource sharing and finding new ways of working sustainably.
01:06 Our ethos, our practice as Resolve is always about celebrating the local knowledges and
01:13 local practices and local materials as well. And so we thought that to interact with the
01:19 objects or interact with the show only made sense.
01:22 Resolve Collective are an interdisciplinary design collective combining architecture,
01:27 engineering, technology and art to address current social urgencies.
01:32 I think playfulness is something that we really wanted to speak to and also to represent and
01:38 visualise within the show. I think it's been very central to all the conversations we've
01:43 had also with Liverpoolians that there's this open friendliness that we've been able to
01:50 sort of be invited into and that's where that sharing of stories and then the retelling
01:56 of the stories has been within the show.
01:59 The heart of the project sees Resolve Collective working and designing in some community spaces,
02:06 donating specific materials and organising giveaway events.
02:10 We really wanted the show not to be traditional like museum show where you walk around and
02:16 you don't touch anything but it's a space that we're inviting people to inhabit, we're
02:20 inviting people to interact with. There's a table for example in the centre of the space
02:25 where we just want people to come and do whatever they want to do in this space. So if you have
02:30 a knitting club you can come in, you know, like do your knitting practice here. If you
02:35 want to have a meeting with whatever group you have you can do it here. This space is
02:39 really completely open and is very much in line with how Resolve Collective think about
02:44 this project.
02:45 You get a car, everybody gets a car. Resolve Collective exhibition will run until mid-July
02:51 in two phases. The first you see here, the second is a tactile and interactive installation
02:58 which will be built in the Winter Garden at Manor Island.
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