LADA works on initiatives relating to Live Art and older individuals and communities, including curatorial projects, programming partnerships with other organisations, publications, opportunities and resources. The following summary includes links to more information on each initiative.
Restock, Rethink, Reflect Four: on Live Art and Privilege
Lois Weaver undertook a residency exploring Live Art practices and methodologies in relation to older generations.
Free print and online resources by Lois Weaver: a Study Room Guide looking at a range of projects and resources, and Toolkit in the form of a series of recipe cards on working with older generations.
Restock, Rethink, Reflect Three: on Feminism
Mapping and marking the impact of performance on feminist histories and the contribution of artists to discourses around contemporary gender politics.
Performances, screenings and discussions on the radical, influential and fiercely feminist practices of an older generation of artists who embody feminist histories and whose work continues to contribute to discourses around gender politics.
‘Between Menopause and Old Age, Alternative Beauty,’ a unique workshop for ten older women artists, led by the acclaimed Mexican performance artist Rocio Boliver.
Legacy: Thinker in Residence Awards
Anne Bean and Tim Etchells received £30,000 each to undertake in-depth research, addressing the legacies of performance in art historical contexts, examining the processes and challenges of archiving live work, and looking at their own performance practice in relation to these.
Many of the organisational members of the Live Art UK network develop and support Live Art by, for, and with older artists and audiences.
LADA’s Unbound shop includes a selection of titles relating to Feminism.
Other organisations working in these areas include but are not limited to Duckie, Home Live Art and Wunderbar.
Banner image credit:
Lois Weaver, credit Christa Holka
A project focusing on issues of Live Art and privilege
A project focusing on issues of Live Art and privilege
Read moreA collection of initiatives and resources for working with young people
Read moreA collection of initiatives and resources for working with the displaced
Read moreStudy Room Guides and Toolkits generated from the four research residencies of RRR4: on Live Art and privilege
Read morePresentation of materials from the ‘Extravagant Age’ exhibition in Zagreb (2013) and Belgrade (2014) plus the book launch for the ‘Extravagant Age’ catalogue hosted by Olga Majcen
Read moreA review of Old Dears by Geraldine Harris featured in Drama Queens Review, December 2015.
Read morePerformance by Liz Aggiss followed by a conversation and screening of seminal works by older women artists
Read moreInterventions by leading disabled artists in the birthplace of the Olympic Games.
Read moreCommissioned performances live from Outlandia, a unique artists’ tree-house studio in Glen Nevis.
Read moreStacy Makishi’s Suicide For Beginners (a work in development).
Read moreA four day series of interventions, occurrences and happenings for Liverpool Biennial 2006.
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