DIY 5:2008

Professional development projects BY artists FOR artists across the UK

 

DIY 5 was an opportunity for artists working in Live Art to conceive and run professional development projects for other artists. The eleven DIY 5 projects took place during August and September 2008 with the support of national partners.

 

On this site you can read:

the Call for Proposals and guidelines

the Call for Participants which has links to descriptions of all of the DIY 5 projects.

The DIY 5 report.

Information on DIY projects in other years.

 

For me it was very fulfilling and challenging. This is some of my favourite work: developing a rapport with other artists and supporting them in their practice. DIY is special in this respect: the lead artist is encouraged to be innovative and is not bound by rules. We can be more than we know.
Richard Layzell leader of Archive Y’self to Pieces

 

We were invigorated, perplexed, well fed, exhausted, annoyed, talkative, fit and sporty. We made some new friends and strengthened our relationships with the others we knew from before. We worked hard and had some fun. We wondered and wandered together. We considered resistance and hope and are left with more than enough food for thought.
DIY 5 participants on First Retreat then Advance!!

 

My most memorable moments were taking heroin and performing a gymnastics display. Both of these things would not have happened to me in real life, as I don't do heroin and I can't do the splits.
Holly Bodmer participant on Avatartist 2.0 workshop in Second Life®

 

DIY 5:2008 was a Live Art Development Agency initiative developed in collaboration with Arnolfini and Theatre Bristol; Artsadmin; Colchester Arts Centre; Fierce Earth, North East; New Work Network and China Plate; and Nuffield Theatre and LANWest.