‘Talking Heads’ are short presentations by artists to camera about their practice and approaches to making. The ‘Talking Heads’ films are part of the Agency’s ‘Documentation Bank’ Collection, which consists of an extensive range of artists’ ‘Talking Heads’ films, documentation of artists’ works and a selection of Agency projects: http://www.thisisliveart.co.uk/resources/collections/documentation-bank.

Interview with Shannon Jackson, Christina Linden, Social Works: online article printed from www.artpractical.com

The articles in this issue ask questions such as; what do artists have to offer young people in projects brokered by galleries or other art organisations? Which artists choose this sort of work, and how does it relate to the rest of their practice? What kind of meditation is required in different contexts?

A book about the arts and about business, and the interplay between the two. Part of the Platform Study Room Guide (P1820).

Asking exactly what we mean by political art or the politics of art, Rancière goes on to look at what the tradition of critical art, and the desire to insert art into life, has achieved. Has the militant critique of the consumption of images and commodities become, ironically, a sad affirmation of its omnipotence?

An interdisciplinary approach to the forms, goals and histories of innovative social practice in both contemporary performance and visual art.

This item is referenced in the Dreams for an Institution Guide (P2313).

A short journal arguing for Live Art in the national curriculum circa 1990s

Fresh Tips 1 – 8

Review of Jacques Ranciere’s The Emancipated Spectator

Collection of documentary interviews for the artist’s residency with Stanley Picker Gallery and the Live Art Development Agency.  For documentary photographs see D1424. For performance catalogue see P1449.

From “Louder than Bombs”, arts-activist residency. For interviews and documentation see REF. D1423-D1424.