SIR PETER BLAKE: EVERYBODY RAZZLE DAZZLE │ Liverpool Biennial → December 2016

“Livpul Bîeňl, 14-18 NÂ: ɖ Frst Wrldwor Sentīnri Ātcmišnz n Têt Livpul hv cmišnd wn v ɖ mêjr figrz v Britiš popāt, Sr Pītr Blêc, t dazl a Mrzi Feri in pātnršp wɖ Mrzītravl n Našnl Myziymz Livpul.

Sr Pītr’s dzîn, intîtld Evrbdi Razldazl, cuvrz ɖ Mrzi Feri Snôdrop wɖ a dstnctv patn in moṇcrom n culr, trnsfwmñ ɖ vesl intu a muvñātwrc az it cntinyz its srvis.

Ɖs z ɖ ʈrd in ɖ siriz v Dazlšip cmišnz n ɖ frst t b a wrcñvesl. It foloz Induction Chromatique à Double Fréquence pour l’Edmund Gardner Šip / Livpul. Paris 2014 bî Cālos Cruz-Diez on ɖ Livpul Wōtrfrunt, n Tbays Reħbergr’z Dazlšip Lundn on ɖ Rivr Temz.

Unlîc uɖr fwmz v caṃflāž, dazlcaṃflāž wrcs nt bî cnsilñ, bt bî baflñ ɖ î, mcñ it dfclt t estimet a tāgit’s renj, spīd n drẋn. Riylîzd in moṇcrom n culr, č šip’s dazlpatn wz ynīc, in ōdr t avýd mcñ clasz v šips instntli recgnîẓble t eṇmi U-bôts n ercraft.

Az wel az biyñ a muvñātwrc, vizitrz hu bwd ɖ Snôdrop cn lrn mr abt ɖ histri v dazl n ɖ rôl ɖt ɖ Mrzi Feriz tc in ɖ Frst Wrldwor in an on-bwd dsple kretd bî Mrzīsîd Maritîm Myziym n Têt Livpul. An inṭgretd edycešnprôgram undrpinz ɖ projct n includz a fri dijitl rzws fr scūlz, n onlîn cmišnz bî ātists n raitrz.

Sr Pītr Blêc (b. 1932) z a līdñ figr in ɖ dveḷpmnt v Britiš popāt, n hiz wrc z sinoṇms wɖ ɖ ys v imijri fṛm modn culčr, includñ comicbcs, cnsymrgdz n advrtismnts.

Jýn ɖ onlîn convsešn, yzñ #DazzleFeri, n vizit âr blog fr xclusv bhnd-ɖ-sìnz content.

The first world war anti-submarine gunboat HMS Kildangan, pictured in its dazzle camouflage in 1918. Photograph: IWM/Getty Images Facebook Twitter Pinterest

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Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty

Sir Peter Blake, below left, on board the Snowdrop. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

Photo: Mark McNulty

Photo: Liverpool Echo

Photo: Mark McNulty

Photo: Liverpool Echo

Sir Peter Blake on the Dazzle Ferry Snowdrop at Liverpool Pier Head. Photo: Liverpool Echo

Photo: Gareth Jones

Sir Peter Blake on the Dazzle Ferry Snowdrop at Liverpool Pier Head. Photo: Liverpool Echo

Photo: Mark McNulty

Photo: Liverpool Echo

Design motifs from Sir Peter Blake’s ‘Everybody Razzle Dazzle’, 2015. Photo: First World War Centenary

Evrbdi Razldazl z cmišnd bî Livpul Bîeňl, 14-18 NÂ: ɖ Frst Wrldwor Sentīnri Ātcmišnz n Têt Livpul in pātnršp wɖ Mrzītravl n Našnl Myziymz Livpul. Ṣpwtd bî Ātscaunsl Ñgḷnd’z Xpšnl Awōdz prôgram, Našnl Lotri ʈru ɖ Heritij Lotrīfund, n ɖ Dpātmnt fr Culčr, Mīdia n Spwt.”

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