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CollectingLiveArt is a non-profit curatorial initiative committed to demystifying and developing awareness of Live Art as a collectable art form.

The presence of performance, video, installation and site-specific work within the visual arts is raising critical questions about the resonance, collectability, legacy and sustainability of such ephemeral works.

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CollectingLiveArt at ARTfutures 2008

An exclusive evening at ARTfutures 2008 exploring the presence of performance in contemporary artists' practice. In a bid to represent a slice of contemporary artists' practice in the UK, the Contemporary Art Society, supported by Jerwood Visual Arts has kindly invited CollectingLiveArt to curate ARTfuturesLIVE, an evening of performances that will run alongside the ARTfutures exhibition for one night only.

The evening will include presentations and conversations from artist Tim Knowles, Teresa Calonje and Laura Eldret of CollectingLiveArt, curator/writer Sacha Craddock and Jeni Walwin co-curator of ARTfutures; followed by performances* by artists Yara El-Sherbini, Juneau Projects, Bedwyr Williams and duo Vlatka Horvat and Tim Etchells.

Talk · 6pm—7pm
Performances from 7pm
Capacity is limited. Please RSVP to aflivecla@contempart.org.uk

All performances will be for sale.

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Past Projects
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CollectingLiveArt Symposium
This one-day symposium will include speakers and open panel discussions that will explore ways to sustain and ensure a legacy of Live Art practice.

Saturday 26 January 2008 · 10am—6pm
Club Row, Rochelle School, Arnold Circus
London E2 7ES (map)

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Speakers

Paul Hobson · Director, Contemporary Art Society
Lois Keidan · Live Art Development Agency
Sally O’Reilly · Art critic
Dominic Palfreyman · The Felix Trust for Art
Niru Ratnam · Gallery Director, Store
La Ribot · Artist
Mark Waugh · Director, 13Strand
Bedwyr Williams · Artist

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CollectingLiveArt Launch Event
The Symposium will be followed by a launch event for CollectingLiveArt from 6—9pm at the Rochelle School, with a programme of works and Live performances by artists

The programme will include performances by Eloise Fornieles and Kate Hawkins presented by Bischoff/Weiss Gallery and a performance by Jordan Mackenzie; collaboration works from Manuel Vason; an archive from collector Helen Thorpe and a series of videos from the Artsadmin artists.

We are grateful to all the artists, individuals, organisations and patrons for their support.
Click here for details.

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Arts Council

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The Felix Trust for Art

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Institut Français

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Live Art Development Agency

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A Foundation

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Event Sponsor: Veuve Cliquot

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CollectingLiveArt is committed to campaigning for the collecting of such works that are in between and at the edges of artistic disciplines. By identifying possibilities, expanding the collector’s horizon and creating new frameworks for artists, this project seeks to identify opportunities and new ways of documenting, re-enacting, creating and collecting.

If you would like to be kept informed of developments please contact the project directors Teresa Calonje and Laura Eldret
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info@collectingliveart.com

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Teresa Calonje was born in Madrid and studied Art History in the Complutense, Madrid before moving to Paris to finish her thesis paper on the intersections between contemporary dance and the visual arts. In Paris she worked for the Galerie Chantal Crousel and then with the art production agency Arthurpym/Eva Albarran working on projects with Pierre Huyghe, Melik Ohanian and Xavier Veilhan. She moved to London in 2005, and has been involved as a freelance in several projects with among others, the Contemporary Art Society and the Michael Clark Company. Teresa is today entirely dedicated to developing CollectingLiveArt.

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Laura Eldret is an artist and freelance curator. She studied Fine Art at Wimbledon School of Art and followed a strong performance trajectory; writing her dissertation “To Pray, Play and Love; Performance art as Social Paradigm”, has exhibited nationally and received a travel scholarship to Odense Performance Art Festival. She has since developed an artistic practice that includes performance, film, installation and numerous private drawings. Collaborations with established artists include: Geraldine Pilgrim on Dream of a Winters Night, Picturehouse; Belsay Hall, Northumberland 2007. She has facilitated workshops for both children and adults and worked for numerous organistations including Artists Information Company, New Art Centre, Artists in the City, Arts Unwrapped and the Economist Plaza. Alongside Collecting Live Art, 2008 projects include ARTfutures, a Contemporary Art Society project at the Bloomberg Space, and developing the exhibition ‘Poignancy Passing Muster’.

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Collaborators
AFoundation· Artsadmin· Arts Council
Bischoff/Weiss· The Felix Trust for Art
The Contemporary Art Society
The Drawing Room Gallery· Store
Live Art Development Agency
Modernactivity· Veuve Clicquot
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CollectingLiveArt identity and design
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