LADA 20th Anniversary 2019

LADA: 1999 - 2019

In 2019, LADA marked its 20th anniversary. We celebrated this milestone with a series of initiatives throughout the year, including –

• a new publication, Agency, A Partial History of Live Art edited by Theron Schmidt and co-published with Intellect Books, looking back at the last 20 years of Live Art through the lens of LADA
• Tiny Live Art (Development Agency) – 20 works for 20 years, 20 limited editions by Robert Daniels using miniature figures and dioramas to create sculptures of seminal performance works
• LADA at 20 Postcards – a  boxed set of 20 postcards representing key LADA projects and initiatives 1999-2019
• 20 x 20: Artists reflect on 20 years of LADA – a radio series on Live Art histories and futures for Resonance FM
•  Live Art on the page, the stage and the screen – a series of free events at The Garrett Centre
• A Live Art Gala  – a star-studded Live Art fundraising gala to mark our 20th anniversary. “This is an almighty, giddy treat of a night.” – Run Riot
• Future Proofing – An Artist’s Bursary – a bursary of £2,000 to an artist aged under 25 to imagine the future they’d like to see, how their practice could shape it, and what they need to do that.