Shia LaBeouf invites you to ring him for #TOUCHMYSOUL LaBeouf, Rönkkö and Turner are standing by, waiting for your calls as part of a new project at Liverpool’s FACT gallery
Shia LaBeouf is ready to take your calls and have his soul touched for a new art performance he’s dubbed #TOUCHMYSOUL. Along with his collaborators Nastja Säde Rönkkö and Luke Turner, LaBeouf is inviting you to pick up your telephone and touch his soul on +44 (0)151 808 0771 between the hours of 11am – 6pm GMT.
The trio will be tethered to the lines at Liverpool’s FACT gallery space starting today for four consecutive days as a continuation of their exploration into celebrity and public interaction. The entire project will be live-streamed via touchmysoul.net.
#TOUCHMYSOUL will be part of a new exhibition, titled Follow:
In a world where we use Instagram ‘likes’ and YouTube views to assess who and what is important, and fame is just a click away, what impact is the internet really having on how we think about ourselves and those around us? Follow investigates how we understand image and identity as ever-changing concepts which can be bought, sold, mimicked, endorsed, deleted and validated through a single click – as well as exploring methods to survive, subvert and utilise social media. The exhibition raises questions about the ways in which we seek validation from social media and, ultimately, explores how we behave when everyone is watching.
#FollowFACT
Follow is showing at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) in Liverpool from 11th December 2015 until 21st February 2016 via: DazedDigital
Opening EVENT 11th December FACT galleries will be open all day for this very special opening event.
Explore new work by artists LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner, Cécile B. Evans, Debora Delmar, Joe Orr, Ant Hamlyn, Aram Bartholl, Louise Adkins, Simon Whybray and Candice Jacobs, and restaged work by Constant Dullaart and Kurdwin Ayub in Gallery 1. Then, discover the FACTLab video production space in Gallery 2 and explore themes from the exhibition in the pop-up resource area in the foyer.
Later on, celebrate the exhibition opening at Buyers Club, where FACT will be holding an afterparty from 9pm – late.
