Raimund Hoghe has died. Mary Kate Connolly has written these words in memory, and in tribute.

LADA seeks new leadership for a new era of Live Art

A series of reflections and artistic responses by to the Politics of Intimacy in Practice DIY, by Raju Rage, Kyla Harris and Andre Medina, Rabindranath A Bhose, and Vanessa Young.

2020’s Unbound seasonal sale is Twelve Days of Unbound – 12 days of 12 guest editors with each recommending books or films or editions that they would like to give or receive as festive gifts, and all offered at 12% discount.

Highlighting a selection of LADA’s projects and initiatives we have produced between April 2019 – March 2020

LADA Statement of Commitment on organisational change and racial equality

The recipients of LADA’s online collaborative residencies are the artist Jet Moon and her client ‘Giani’, and the artists Jemima Yong and Kei Franklin.

A statement from LADA on organisational change.

We are delighted to announce that the recipients of the Katherine Araniello Bursary awards are Katayoun Jalilipour and Tammy Reynolds.

We are delighted to announce that Aislinn Evans has been awarded the 2020 Future Proofing bursary

LADA regrets to announce that in the interests of the safety of our artists, collaborators, audiences, community and staff, we are closing our office and Study Room, and postponing all events until the beginning of May, at the earliest.

Documentation and responses to SKIN IN THE GAME, a symposium on cultural diversity and Live Art organised by Diverse Actions.

Kay Hyatt placed the winning bid for one of the Live Art experiences auctioned at LADA’s anniversary gala.

A critical response to Animals of Manchester, written by Maddy Costa and Mary Paterson

We’ve created this short film on the occasion of our 20th Anniversary which looks back at 20 years of our work.

In this blog, artist and researcher Leticia Izquierdo Díaz reflects on research undertaken during a residency at LADA.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of three new members of LADA staff.

Watch our two performingborders commissions by Tara Fatehi Irani and Istanbul Queer Art Collective

Documentation of a day of discussions around kickstarting and maintaining a Live Art practice.

A response by Lewis Church to ‘Take the Money and Run: Power, Money and Counter-Power’, an event considering how we might build for future struggles to free art and artists from their dependency on the proceeds of toxic capitalism.

A major research project into the histories and futures of the Live Art sector in the UK

A podcast created during Animals of Manchester (including HUMANZ), LADA’s collaboration with Theatre of Research for Manchester International Festival 2019

Ivy gave a public presentation at LADA in July 2019, about their work and issues of queer spirituality and Afrofuturism

A blog by LADA Thinker-in-Residence Hester Chillingworth on Live Art and Wrongness.

Annie Jael Kwan discusses the research of their Diverse Actions Leadership Bursary

Highlighting a selection of LADA’s projects and initiatives we have produced between April 2018 – March 2019

Alex Mahon, CEO of Channel 4 talks about her experience of becoming LADA’s second Arthole Award Patron

The third iteration of LADA’s Diverse Actions Leadership Bursaries have been awarded to Travis Alabanza and Annie Jael Kwan

The Award aims to celebrate the intimate work that Adrian pioneered and excelled.

LADA are pleased to make exclusively available Reading, Because of Love, curator Andrea Pagnes’ brilliant response to Franko B’s Because of Love.

Ben William Harris joined LADA as Studio Manager in March 2019

Read full interview for Run Riot March 2019

Profiling the photographic collaborations between a number of students on the MA Live Art and artist Holly Revell.

Full statement about their decision to support LADA

The artists have been commissioned to respond to artists and work from a series of seminal performance events which took place in the 1980s

LADA’s co-founder and co-director Lois Keidan was part of the Anti Festival 2018, international prize jury

This is an unprecedented opportunity for a dynamic individual to join LADA and significantly contribute to shaping its future

Helena Walsh’ presentation at ‘Border Patrollers’ event on 19 July 2018

What happened at Border Patrollers on 19 July 2018?

The second of a series of blogs charting the development of ‘Future States’ a Live Art project looking at the relationship between Ireland and the UK, especially in the context of a post-Brexit future

A blog charting the development of ‘Future States’ a Live Art project looking at the relationship between Ireland and the UK, especially in the context of a post-Brexit future

James Zatka-Haas review for Disability Arts Online on LADA’s series of discussions about arts and mental health in June 2018

Read Thinker in Residence Hester Chillingworth’s text on Kids, Families, Gender and Live Art from an event at LADA in May 2018

LADA’s 2017/18 Annual Review is now is available to view online

Everyone who has some kind of history with LADA is invited to donate their own plants to be part of a collective planting