A historic monument in Liverpool city centre is to be repurposed to illustrate the ongoing conflict in Ukraine during the Eurovision celebrations.
Plans have been submitted to Liverpool Council by its culture arm - Culture Liverpool - to surround the Nelson Monument in Exchange Flags with sandbags “similar to the way this was done in Ukraine at the start of the war with Russia to protect them.” Should the city’s planning department give the go ahead, screen and speakers would be set within the sandbags from later this month to show a film made with Ukrainian artists and musicians about the underground music scene that is continuing in the country through the conflict.
According to public documents, Tyne and Wear-based DATechnical have been contracted to design, create and install the physical installation working with the Artists Whispered Tales for the Eurovision Cultural Festival for Culture Liverpool. Subject to approval, the installation would take up to six days from April 21 to run through May 1 to May 14.
