Live Art and the Displaced
LADA works on initiatives relating to Live Art and the displaced, including curatorial projects, programming partnerships with other organisations, publications, opportunities and resources. The following summary includes links to more information on each initiative.
Restock, Rethink, Reflect Four: on Live Art and Privilege
Elena Marchevska undertook a residency, in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts, exploring Live Art practices and methodologies in relation to the displaced.
Study Room Guide & Toolkit
Free print and online resources by Elena Marchevska: a Study Room Guide looking at a range of projects and resources and a Toolkit for itinerant artists, for those on the move, for those who are still and for those who can’t travel.
Diverse Actions Leadership Bursary recipient: Joon Lynn Goh
Exploring the potential of experimental citizenship, inspired by migrant-led initiatives that are claiming and performing rights, relationships and resources that disavow victimhood and charity.
Performing Borders
A free Study Room Guide on physical and conceptual borders within Live Art, created and devised by Alessandra Cianetti.
The Library of Performing Rights
A collection of resources and related events programme, examining the intersections between performance and Human Rights; including Call for Proposals for artist commission.
DIY artists’ workshops
LADA’s annual UK-wide professional development programme includes initiatives addressing issues relating to the displaced.
dis/placed
A week-long progamme of events in response to global demographic shifts and unprecedented levels of human displacement, with Counterpoints Arts.
Live Art UK
Many of the organisational members of the Live Art UK network develop and support Live Art by, for, and with displaced artists and audiences.
Unbound
LADA’s Unbound shop includes a selection of titles relating to Live Art and displacement.
Other organisations working in these areas include but are not limited to Counterpoints Arts and Sacred: Homelands Festival.
Banner image credit:
Photograph: ‘Nowhere is Home’ by Manaf Halbouni, 2015
Part of Restock, Rethink, Reflect Four: on Live Art and Privilege
A project focusing on issues of Live Art and privilege
Restock, Rethink, Reflect Four: on Live Art and Privilege
A project focusing on issues of Live Art and privilege
Read moreLive Art and Children
A collection of initiatives and resources for working with young people
Read moreLive Art and Older Individuals and Communities
A collection of initiatives and resources for working with older individuals and communities
Read moreRestock, Rethink, Reflect Four – Study Room Guides and Toolkits
Study Room Guides and Toolkits generated from the four research residencies of RRR4: on Live Art and privilege
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The Performance Pack
A limited edition artwork, a performance enabler, and an educational resource.
Read moreFloating Cinema – A Smaller Sound, A Bigger Crowd
A film and performance by Ian Giles telling the story of The Docklands Bell
Read moreCrossovers
Screenings, talks and a DVD series of artists’ films, documentaries and dialogues, concluding Performance Matters
Read moreRestock, Rethink, Reflect Five: on Managing The Radical
An ongoing project considering the idea of managing the radical (or radicalising the management).
Read moreLive Art in Rural UK
Live Art in Rural Spaces UK, is a new programme for LADA which focuses on amplifying the embodied practices of artists living and working in rural locations across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Read moreLADA Unpacked
Bespoke opportunities for international presenters and artists to engage with Live Art
Read moreCheck In / Check Out
A programme of performances at the Great Eastern Hotel for Live Art UK.
Read moreM21: From the Medieval to the 21st Century
Interventions by leading disabled artists in the birthplace of the Olympic Games.
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