Marie-Anne McQuay, Curator, Liverpool Biennial 2025, said: 'The city's geological foundations and its psyche have provided the starting point for the conversations of Liverpool Biennial 2025, with the invited artists bringing us their own definition of 'BEDROCK'. Definitions which include family and chosen family, cultural heritage carried across the generations, and the environments that nurture and restore them. Central to this understanding of BEDROCK is the sense of loss that comes from the ongoing legacies of colonialism and empire so formative to Liverpool's foundations. In responding to the city, artists have taken inspiration from Liverpool's archives and histories, from its communities and civic spirit, and from taking time to dwell in its green spaces which support plant, insect, and bird life in unexpected ways through planned and unplanned urban developments.' Dr Samantha Lackey, Director, Liverpool Biennial, said: 'This festival deliberately explores and visibly exposes the foundations of Liverpool, connecting international artists with our histories, people and the very ground we walk on. Working with Marie-Anne McQuay, with her long-standing knowledge of the city and its communities has allowed us to dig deeper into the things that make us a Biennial that could only be created in Liverpool. We're excited to have forged new relationships with local organisations including First Take and At the Library, alongside our work with longstanding partners at Tate Liverpool, National Museums Liverpool, FACT, Bluecoat and Open Eye Gallery, consolidating the city's cultural connections between the local and the global and looking to its foundations to support growth and possibility for the future. We look forward to sharing BEDROCK with visitors from our city and wider region, as well as those visiting from across the UK and internationally' Liverpool Biennial is the UK's largest free festival of contemporary visual art. Taking place in historic buildings, unexpected spaces and art galleries, the Biennial has been transforming the city through art for over two decades.?A dynamic programme of free exhibitions, performances, screenings, community and learning activities and fringe events unfolds over 14 weeks, shining a light on the city's vibrant cultural scene.