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

• Shooting Live Artists
  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.
• 32,000 Points of Light
  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

• Body, Space and Technology Journal
  An academic interdisciplinary journal exploring theoretical issues around the intersection of performance and technology.

ORGANIZATIONS

• Centre for Performance Research
  A reource to find details about this center’s Performance Research journal, publications, programs, training, exchanges, and its annual summer school.
• Live Art Development Agency
  A resource to find practical information, advice and information about practitioners and venues working in live art, as well as books and videos.
• RESCEN - Centre for Research into the Performing Arts
  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.
• Total Theatre Network
  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.

• Bobby Baker
• Blast Theory
• Curious
• Duckie
• Earthfall
• Forced Entertainment
• Franko B
• Gary Stevens
• Gilles Jobin
• Gob Squad
• Graeme Miller
• Kira O’Reilly
• lone twin
• Marisa Carnesky Company
• Mem Morrison
• Moti Roti
• Oreet Ashery
• Reckless Sleepers
• Robin Deacon
• La Ribot
• Stacy Makishi
• Stan's Café
• Station House Opera
• Third Angel
• Uninvited Guests