Pyramids of human ashes and quirky "capers" are heading to Toxteth as Liverpool Arts Lab prepare for a procession through the streets this November as part of the Toxteth Day of the Dead .
If last year was anything to go by you may even need a shopping trolley for the event.
Searching for an ideal spot for a monument to Toxteth's residents, the Beating of the Bounds is part of the annual Toxteth Day of the Dead, which is organised by former members of the KLF, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Caulty.
Florrie-based group the Liverpool Arts Lab are working in conjunction with the former members of the KLF, now known as K2-Plant Hire Ltd or the JAMs, in organising a procession as part of the event.
The group say they aim to eventually walk all the streets of Toxteth paying tribute to people of Liverpool 8 who have had a significant impact but are no longer here.
Liverpool Arts Lab member Peter Hughes said: "This doesn't have to be someone famous - this could be someone's ma who made a really great pan of scouse."
Liverpool Arts Lab, a group of artists who formed in 2017 and have roots in the arts lab movement of the 1960s, say that the idea is to eventually take in every street in Toxteth on the hunt for the best spot for the People's Pyramid, whilst uncovering some local heroes along the way.
Members of Liverpool Arts Lab take part in "capers" across the city, such as a procession to Mathew Street in 2017 and 2018, at the site of the former Liverpool School of Language, Music, Dream and Pun, which during the mid-1970s occupied the site of what is now Flanagan's Apple on Mathew Street.
Liverpool Arts Lab member Larry Sidorczuk helped the School create the first music festival on Mathew Street in 1976, and part of the event included a bizarre ceremony to unveil a plaque and bust of Carl C. Jung, an event to which the Swiss psychoanalyst's grandson was invited.
Larry said: "We invited the Swiss consulate, who did actually turn up and probably thought he was at the wrong event when he saw what was happening."
The plaque includes Jung's famous quote that "Liverpool is the pool of life" and still sits on Mathew Street to this day.
At last year's Toxteth Day of the Dead , which was the first time the event was held, members of the public were invited as long as they could produce the entry fee - a shopping trolley, which led to the strange spectacle of a pile of trolleys in the main hall of Toxteth Town Hall.
The first brick of the People's Pyramid was also laid last year by artist Daisy Campbell.
The pyramid requires over 30,000 bricks each containing 23g of human ashes. The group say they will pull this along every year on a cart in the search of a suitable location.
This route of this year's procession has not yet been announced, although a spokesperson for Liverpool Arts Lab have confirmed "no shopping trolleys will be required this time."
More information can be found at www.liverpoolartslab.com
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