FACT Liverpool is a

new media art New media art includes artworks designed and produced by means of electronic media technologies, comprising virtual art, computer graphics, computer animation, digital art, interactive art, sound art, Internet art, video games, robotics, 3D pri ...

s centre in

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, England. The building houses galleries, a cinema operated by Picturehouse, a bar and a café.

History

FACT was established as an organisation focussed on video and new media art, exhibiting and curating the work of artists that had little platform in the UK. FACT was designed by architectural firm Austin-Smith:Lord. When FACT first opened in 2003, it was Liverpool's first new arts building in over 60 years, since the opening of the

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Liverpool Philharmonic Hall is a concert hall in Hope Street, in Liverpool, England. It is the home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed ...

over 60 years prior. FACT is an exhibitor and producer of

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and

digital art Digital art refers to any artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process, or more specifically computational art that uses and engages with digital media. Since the 1960s, various name ...

, and had its 15th birthday in 2018. FACT's first exhibition,

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’s ''Baltimore'', was commissioned for the opening of the building and continued to tour for the next decade. Since then, FACT has presented over 350 new media and digital artworks from artists including

Pipilotti Rist Pipilotti Elisabeth Rist (born 21 June 1962) is a Swiss visual artist best known for creating experimental video art and installation art. Her work is often described as surreal, intimate, abstract art, having a preoccupation with the female b ...

Nam June Paik Nam June Paik (; July 20, 1932 – January 29, 2006) was a Korean American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the founder of video art. He is credited with the first use (1974) of the term "electronic super h ...

, Haroon Mirza, Agnes Varda, Wu Tsang and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Exhibitions and events

FACT supports, produces and presents visual art that includes creative media and digital technology. In 2007 Picturehouse at FACT hosted a Question and Answer session with

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for the UK release of ''

Death Proof ''Death Proof'' is a 2007 American action-thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Kurt Russell as a stuntman who murders young women with modified cars he purports to be "death-proof". Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito ...

.'' In 2015 as part of an exhibition named ''Follow,'' FACT exhibited an artwork in which

Shia LaBeouf Shia Saide LaBeouf (; born June 11, 1986) is an American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker. He played Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series ''Even Stevens'', a role for which he received Young Artist Award nominations in 2001 and ...

answered phone calls from the public. FACT is a partner venue of

Liverpool Biennial Liverpool Biennial is the largest international contemporary art festival in the United Kingdom. Every two years, the city of Liverpool hosts an extensive range of artworks, projects, and a programme of events. The biennial commissions leading ...

and showed works by Agnes Varda and Mohamed Bourouissa for the 2018 edition. Also in 2018, FACT commissioned the immersive art installation ''AURORA'' at Toxteth Reservoir with artists Invisible Flock, and exhibited ''Broken Symmetries'', an international exhibition co-produced by FACT, Arts at CERN, CCCB, Barcelona,

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, Nantes and iMAL, Brussels.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:FACT Liverpool Tourist attractions in Liverpool Cultural organisations based in Liverpool Buildings and structures in Liverpool Cinemas in Merseyside Art museums and galleries in Merseyside Art museums established in 2003 Museums in Liverpool 2003 establishments in England Arts foundations based in the United Kingdom

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Exhibitions and events

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