Joining the Dots

A National Platform Documentation project 2006-2007

 

Between August 2006 and October 2007, the Agency commissioned Manuel Vason and Lisa Cazzatto-Vieyra [artdocs] to document ten key national Live Art platforms for recent graduates and emerging artists.

 

The partner promoters and platform events for this strand of Joining the Dots were:

Emergency at greenroom (North West)
in collaboration with LANWest
6 and 7 October 2006

Platform 000000006 (North East)
In collaboration with Platform North East
21 October 2006

Expo at Bonnington Gallery (East Midlands)
in collaboration with Graft
3 and 4 November 2006

Fresh Festival at South Hill Park (South East)
In collaboration with Fresh
27 January 2007

The Dark Side (South West)
In collaboration with Spaghetti Club, Arnolfini and Theatre Bristol
17 and 18 March 2007

East End Collaborations Platform (London)
In collaboration with at Queen Mary, University of London
5 and 6 May 2007

Platinum, Birmingham (West Midlands)
in collaboration with Fierce Festival
22 and 23 May 2007

Perambulator Platform, Leeds (Yorkshire)
in collaboration with New Work Yorkshire
23 June 2007

Rules&Regs, Art Space, Southampton (South East)
In collaboration with Rules&Regs
29 and 30 June 2007

Colchester Platform (East England)
in collaboration with Colchester Arts Centre
15 September 2007

 

Over 100 artists participated in the ten national platforms, and the dvds of each event provide an invaluable record of the current practices and interests of younger artists in the UK. The documentation of all ten platform events is available to view in the Live Art Development Agency's Study Room

From this documentation the Agency has created a Joining the Dots Platform dvd, Selected Works from a Live Art Development Agency National Platform Documentation Project 2006-2007.  The dvd presents edited highlights of 20 works from the platform events, and reflects the diversity and vibrancy of the UK Live Art platform scene.

As well as being used as an promotional tool to profile the work of younger artists in the UK by the Agency, and participating artists and promoters, the dvd is also available to buy at the cost price of £5.00 from www.thisisUnbound.co.uk

 

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