Deadline: 12pm 13 March 2017
Occurs: July -November 2017
Live Art Development Agency | London, UK
DIY is an opportunity for artists working in Live Art to conceive and run unusual research, training and professional development projects for themselves and other artists.
We want to hear from you if have an idea for an exciting, innovative and idiosyncratic Live Art professional development project.
Past DIY projects have taken many forms: a silent retreat with noise music in Folkestone, a temporary biker gang in Cambridge, eavesdropping in Bournemouth, a workshop for assholes in Glasgow, skirt-raising in Newcastle, looking for missing black histories in London, an Elvis Presley pilgrimage in Porthcawl, exploring the potential of ‘inabilities’ in Colchester, armed resistance training for women in Norwich, and a lapdancing weekend in Birmingham.
Between them they have covered diverse subjects of investigation including chance, plagiarism, archives, the weather, participation, ageing, documentation, sex and children, victimhood, masculinity, race, regrets, autobiography, disability, gypsy culture, financial systems, safe spaces, David Bowie, fabulation, and much much more.
Selected projects will take place between July and November 2017. We plan to support at least 23 DIYs with project awards of £1,500 and 3 larger-scale DIY+ with project awards of £4,000.