by Mary Paterson
Live Art is not interested in the
articulation of real talent; live art is interested in the articulation of real
desire. If you can tolerate this,
then see what’s coming next. Art is the name for all
the things we do that try to change the world. A lot of direct
action is bad performance. Online space is
corporately owned, private space. Good things happen on the periphery.
Is it important that I like the work that I produce?
How things are valued is very much to do with where
they are – that’s not right, but it is a fact. We are interested in artists; but what we’re really
interested in is ideas. I promise
you, I never deliberately programmed any live art.
None of this is new, but what it is, these days, is really fashionable. There
is no work that is not participative – so what are we talking about when we say
“participation” and “engagement”?
A collection of statements from the
Live Art UK Gathering, BAC June 2012.
Stacy Mackishi. Matt Ball. Andy Field. Kevin Smith. Boo Chapelle. Louise
Jeffreys. Joshua Sofaer. Lyn Gardner. Helen
Marriage. Louise Jeffreys. Helen
Marriage. Joshua Sofaer.
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