Restock, Rethink, Reflect
Restock, Rethink, Reflect is an ongoing series of initiatives for, and about, artists who are engaging with issues of identity politics and cultural diversity in innovative and radical ways, and which aims to map and mark the impact of art to these debates, whilst supporting future generations of artists through specialized professional development, resources, events and publications.
As Live Art is an interdisciplinary and ephemeral area of practice, there are many challenges to its documentation, archiving and contextualization, which can lead to the exclusion of significant artists and approaches from wider cultural discourses and art histories. This is particularly the case for culturally diverse artists, whose experiences and practices are often sidelined within UK’s cultural histories.
Restock, Rethink, Reflect sets out to address these challenges by marking the critical historical contributions of artists, mapping dynamic current practices and looking to the future.
Other projects in Restock, Rethink, Reflect
An ongoing series of initiatives mapping and marking representations of identity politics in Live Art
Restock, Rethink, Reflect 1: on Live Art and Race
Specialized professional development, resources, events and publications.
Read moreRestock, Rethink, Reflect 2: on Live Art and disability
A range of projects and activities exploring how artists are representing issues of disability in radical ways.
Read moreRestock, Rethink, Reflect 3: on Live Art and Feminism
Marking the impact of performance on feminist histories and contemporary gender politics
Read moreRestock, Rethink, Reflect 4: on Live Art and Privilege
A project focusing on issues of Live Art and privilege
Read moreRestock, Rethink, Reflect 5: on Managing The Radical
An ongoing project considering the idea of managing the radical (or radicalising the management).
Read moreBanner image credit:
Noëmi Lakmaeir “Undress/Redress”, commissioned as part of Restock, Rethink, Reflect Two: on Live Art and disability. Photograph: Manuel Vason.
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