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.
An ongoing series of initiatives mapping and marking representations of identity politics in Live Art
A project focusing on issues of Live Art and privilege
Read moreSpecialized professional development, resources, events and publications.
Read moreMarking the impact of performance on feminist histories and contemporary gender politics
Read moreA range of projects and activities exploring how artists are representing issues of disability in radical ways.
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Noëmi Lakmaeir “Undress/Redress”, commissioned as part of Restock, Rethink, Reflect Two: on Live Art and disability. Photograph: Manuel Vason.
An ongoing project considering the idea of managing the radical (or radicalising the management).
Read moreA new project revisiting a series of seminal performance events from the 1980’s.
Read moreA limited edition artwork, a performance enabler, and an educational resource.
Read moreA transnational partnership on collaborative arts funded by Creative Europe, 2014-18
Read moreStacy Makishi’s Suicide For Beginners (a work in development).
Read moreA day of talks and discussions to consider the culture of the arts in a time of austerity
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