Live Art and Children
- Year
- 2017
LADA works on initiatives relating to Live Art and children, including curatorial projects, programming partnerships, publications, opportunities and resources. The following summary includes links to more information on each initiative.
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KAPUTT: The Academy of Destruction
A transgenerational team of six children and six adult artists share their practices, experiences and concepts of destruction in Tate Exchange, London. A collaboration with Sibylle Peters of Theatre of Research (Germany) and Tate Families & Early Years.
An artwork by Sibylle Peters, exploring the potential of Live Art to bridge generations in the form of a game that adults and kids play together. Buy a copy of the game on Unbound or look out for public Play-Ins around the UK and internationally. The PLAYING UP project website includes writing on Live Art and kids by Mary Paterson and other resources.
Restock, Rethink, Reflect Four: on Live Art and Privilege
Sibylle Peters undertook a residency exploring Live Art practices and methodologies in relation to intergenerational practices, especially with children/young people, including the public event My Very First Piece of Live Art.
Free print and online resources by Sibylle Peters: a Study Room Guide looking at a range of projects and resources, and a Toolkit that proposes various methodologies on how to conduct research projects with kids.
Hester Chillingworth, LADA’s Thinker in Residence
With a focus on Young People, Gender & Live Art, Hester researches the existing access points to Live Art for young people and how access might be improved and extended; includes blog entries by Hester on their research.
Many of the organisational members of the Live Art UK network develop and support Live Art by, for, and with kids.
Young People’s Resource Pack for Live Art
A resource for teachers and students on Live Art and Performance, 2009-10.
Resources on work for and by children are available through LADA’s Unbound shop.
Other organisations working in these areas include but are not limited to Bootworks Theatre Company, Fevered Sleep and Fundus Theatre.
Listen to Bootworks Theatre Talkshop Podcast, interviews with children’s performance makers including Sibylle Peters.
Banner image credit:
PLAYING UP, Credit Seraphina Neville
Part of Restock, Rethink, Reflect 4: on Live Art and Privilege
A project focusing on issues of Live Art and privilege
Restock, Rethink, Reflect 4: on Live Art and Privilege
A project focusing on issues of Live Art and privilege
Read moreLive Art and Older Individuals and Communities
A collection of initiatives and resources for working with older individuals and communities
Read moreLive Art and the Displaced
A collection of initiatives and resources for working with the displaced
Read moreRestock, Rethink, Reflect 4 – Study Room Guides and Toolkits
Study Room Guides and Toolkits generated from the four research residencies of RRR4: on Live Art and privilege
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Live Art in Rural UK
Live Art in Rural UK is a year long programme conceived by LADA’s former Director, Vivian Chinasa Ezugha. It focuses on amplifying the embodied practices of artists living and working in rural locations across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Read moreStudy Boxes at Live Collision Festival, Dublin
A hand picked selection of materials from LADA’s Study Room
Read moreThe Performance Pack
A limited edition artwork, a performance enabler, and an educational resource.
Read moreIn memory of Monica Ross
An anniversary recitation of The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
Read moreSPILL Festival of Performance, London
A Showcase of ten of the most innovative, daring and exciting young artists from the UK and Ireland.
Read moreFalafel Road Residency
A food based investigation by Oreet Ashery and Larissa Sansour into Palestinian/Israeli cultural collaborations.
Read moreChina Live
Collaboration between Live Art UK, Chinese Arts Centre, LADA and Shu Yang of the DaDao Live Art Festival, Beijing.
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