Live Art (art form)

Live Art is a term used to describe all acts of performance undertaken by an artist as a work of art.The term came into usage in the United Kingdom in the middle of the 1980s to recognize both new and existing performance based work (such as Happenings) as a form of creative expression that is not only independent of the traditional visual art forms, but also of theater and dance.

The Live Art Development Agency in London describes Live Art as follows:

:"Live Art should not be understood as a description of an artform but as a strategy to ‘include' a diversity of practices and artists that might otherwise find themselves ‘excluded' from all kinds of policy and provision and all kinds of curatorial contexts and critical debates." [http://www.thisisliveart.co.uk/about_us/what_is_live_art.html LADA]

Live Art can also be referred to as "time-based art", as the exploration of temporality is a key theme of recent performance based works.

See also Happenings and Performance Art.

List of Notable Live Artists

*Alan Abel
*Marina Abramovic
*Vito Acconci
*damali ayo
*Laurie Anderson
*Ron Athey
*Franko B
*Wladyslaw Kazmierczak
*Joseph Beuys
*Nicole Blackman
*Black Sun Productions
*Mark Bloch
*Blue Man Group
*George Brecht
*Alexander Brener
*Stuart Brisley
*Robert Delford Brown
*Chris Burden
*Nao Bustamante
*(early period) Cabaret Voltaire
*Paul Couillard
*COUM Transmissions (later Throbbing Gristle)
*Vaginal Davis
*Danielle Dax
*Danny Devos
*John Duncan
*Scott Erickson
*EXIT (members Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher later formed Crass)
*Deej Fabyc
*Karen Finley
*Diamanda Galás
*Cheri Gaulke
*Gilbert and George
*Jack Goldstein
*Guillermo Gomez-Peña
*gyrl grip
*Tehching Hsieh
*Chuck Hues
*Juha
*Miranda July
*Istvan Kantor / Monty Cantsin
*Allan Kaprow
*Helene Kvint
*Tatiana Katara
*Suzanne Lacy
*Gordon Matta-Clark
*Paul McCarthy
*Justin McKeown
*Linda Montano
*Charlotte Moorman
*Mr. Pacman
*Otto Muehl
*Hermann Nitsch
*Yoko Ono
*Nam June Paik
*Richard Piegza
*Michael Portnoy
*Tara Rebele
*Rachel Rosenthal
*Kira O' Reilly
*SARROGIT
*Carolee Schneemann
*David Sherry
*Joey Skaggs
*Litsa Spathi
*Annie Sprinkle
*Stelarc
*Andre Stitt
*Jonathon Keats
*Survival Research Laboratories
*Echo Transgression
*Mai Ueda
*David Wojnarowicz
*Wolf Vostell
*Shu Yang
*Yang Zhichao
*The World Famous Bushman
*Genesis P-Orridge
*Yuan Chai and Jian Jun Xi
*Jess Dobkin
*Leigh Bowery
*Theatralia

Live Art Events

The National Review of Live Art, Glasgow, Scotland

External links

For further information and links visit:
* [http://www.newworknetwork.org.uk New Work Network]
* [http://www.thisisliveart.co.uk The Live Art Development Agency]
* [http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/liveart/liveart-archivesmain.html Live Art Archives at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection] , University of Bristol
* [http://www.ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/national-review-live-art.htm National Review of Live Art Reviews Database] hosted by [http://www.ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/index.htm AHDS Performing Arts]
*See also the free educational resources: [http://www.ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/laa.htm Live Art Archive] and [http://www.ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/dpa.htm Digital Performance Archive] hosted by [http://www.ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/index.htm AHDS Performing Arts]
* [http://www.chelseatheatre.org.uk Chelsea Theatre: dedicated performance art venue - London, UK]