www.thisisLiveArt.co.uk

The Live Art Development Agency offers Resources, Professional Development Initiatives, and Projects for the support and development of Live Art practices and critical discourses in the UK and internationally.

The Agency works strategically, in partnership, and in consultation with artists and organisations in the cultural sector.

Current news, events and activities

• Programme Coordinator – 12-month full-time placement sought; deadline for applications, noon September 20, 2010.
• Performance Matters – Creative Spaces: Call for Participants.
• Performance Matters – Performing Idea Public Programme,
  2nd-9th October 2010 – bookings open.
• Anne Bean Legacy Award project –TAPS: Improvisations with Paul Burwell, 17 to 19 September, 2010.
• Live Culture at Tate Modern, March 2003 – documentation of the Symposium now available on-line.
• DIY – unusual training and professional development projects BY artists FOR artists; call for participants now closed.
• Live Art Publications – new Agency titles, including relics dvd by Ansuman Biswas and Visions of Excess dvd edited by Lee Adams and Ron Athey.
• “Louder than Bombs”: Art, Action & Activism – seven projects, Feb/Mar 2010; short films now available on each project.
• Restock, Rethink, Reflect Two: Live Art and disability – public events series and publication planned for 2010/11.
• In Time: A Collection of Live Art Case Studies – a new publication resource for artists, promoters and others working in the sector.
• The Many Headed Monster – by Joshua Sofaer is now available on Unbound.
• Young Peoples Resource Pack on Live Art – a new resource for teachers and students.
• Talking Shop – Open advice sessions and networking opportunities - Thursday 18th November, 6-9pm.
• Tenth anniversary dvd – forthcoming, summer 2010: a collection of ten short films commissioned to celebrate the Agency's 10th anniversary in 2009.
• Study Room Guides – artists and commentators help users navigate the Agency's resources.
• Live Art Collection – a new resource developed by the Agency in collaboration with the British Library.
• Residency Programmes – including Legacy: Thinker In Residence (with Tate Research).
• Live Art Unpacked – the Agency goes international.

Professional Development

Support strategies and services for established and emergent artists, organisations, and those working in Higher Education.

Projects and Initiatives

Activities and events to increase the profile of Live Art, further critical debates, provide opportunities for artists, develop new audiences, and lobby for change.

Resources

Access to a wealth of material about Live Art.

About Us

The Live Art Development Agency is the leading development organisation for Live Art in the UK working to support and develop the Live Art sector, its practices, discourses, infrastructure and audiences.