"Can You See Me Now?" by Blast Theory
Blast Theory performs
Can You See Me Now?, a thrilling chase "game" played both online and in the real world using cutting-edge technology.
Theater
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Live Art
Edinburgh Showcase 2011
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Edinburgh Excitement
Edgy, innovative live art from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is in Washington DC in autumn 2010.
Live Art
The term "live art" frames a diverse array of new performance cultures. Situated outside, within, and in-between the segregated artforms, live art embraces new forms, new ideas, and new media ranging from Forced Entertainment's theater, to Franko B's body installations to Desperate Optimists' web-based projects. This is an exciting and challenging area of UK arts culture, and we’ve found a few avenues for you to explore to find out more.
ONLINE PROJECTS
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A BBC & Arts Council of England TV project that makes new creative connections between live art, popular culture, the Net and convergence technologies. Works by last year's commissioned artists are online.
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An immersive audio-visual environment exploring impossible but plausible levels of experience, with points of light being the only visual aid. The artists originally conceived the project for performance inside a motion simulator.
PUBLICATIONS
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An academic interdisciplinary journal exploring theoretical issues around the intersection of performance and technology.
ORGANIZATIONS
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A reource to find details about this center’s Performance Research journal, publications, programs, training, exchanges, and its annual summer school.
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A resource to find practical information, advice and information about practitioners and venues working in live art, as well as books and videos.
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A multidisciplinary artist-driven research center at Middlesex University which seeks to bridge the gap between performing arts practitioners and the academic field. Find out about their projects and upcoming events.
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A network of artists promoting visual and physical performance including mime, physical theatre, dance-theatre, puppetry, circus, street arts and live performance.
ARTISTS AND COMPANIES
Explore a range of the most innovative UK live art performers working today.
