Dance a Fandangoe at Royal Albert Dock this spring
Visitors to the Royal Albert Dock can dance their troubles away this month at a new micro-disco art installation.
Artist Annie Frost Nicholson’s Fandangoe DISCOTECA, which is in the Britannia Courtyard at the Liverpool waterfront attraction every weekend until April 6, brings together the old and the new by reimagining a K67 kiosk in partnership with K67 Berlin, a project dedicated to continuing the legacy of the modular masterpieces.
The K67 kiosks, created in 1966 by Slovenian architect and designer Saša J Mächtig and produced from 1968 onwards, could once be seen right across Eastern Europe where they had a variety of uses from newspaper kiosks and lottery stands to parking attendant booths and student cafés.
The design has been reimagined into a multicoloured space dedicated to supporting people with modern-day issues, ranging from everyday worries to grief and anxiety, and can hold eight dancers at any time.
Playlists come from not-for-profit organisation The Lost Project.
London-based multidisciplinary artist Nicholson said: “We’re so thrilled to bring The Fandangoe DISCOTECA to the dock. We’re honoured to install it by The Beatles Story, which is a landmark for Liverpool's cultural history and a poignant location to engage with the public over the many intersections of grief associated with music, nostalgia and memory.
“I absolutely love the city of Liverpool and its people; my dearly departed dad, born in Blackpool, left the country on a boat from the city at 15 to join the Merchant Navy, and I always associate the city with adventure and a spirit of togetherness that is rare and special. Thank you for welcoming us so kindly.”
The installation is free and does not need booking. It runs from noon-3pm and 4-7pm on Saturdays, along with Good Friday, and from noon to 4pm on Sundays – as well as on Easter Monday.
Catch the Fandangoe DISCOTECA at the Royal Albert Dock every weekend until April 6. More HERE
Top: The Fandangoe DISCOTECA. Photo by Joe Clark