After completing a couple of jobs with Jon Mcfaul for Man City and Playstation 3, it was nice to collaborate with him on a non-commercial project. The Independents Biennial Liverpool 2006 “showcases artwork by over 150 North West, UK and International artists across 62 venues and spaces throughout the city of Liverpool.” The space we worked with was inside The Albany, a beautiful refurbished Victorian building designed by JK Colling (the chap who also designed the National Portrait Gallery). Dave Bevan developed a concept called “The Northwest Passage” and wrote a cracking piece of prose about the constant ebb and flow of people through the history of Liverpool. Jon McFaul and his colleagues turned the words into a mammoth illustration which stretched 20 metres down the corridor to The Cube Noir gallery which is housed within The Albany. The only pisser was that none of us could make it to the launch party. Ho hum.