Live art is a term used to describe acts of performance undertaken by an artist or a group of artists, as a work of art. It is an innovative and exploratory approach to contemporary performance practices.[1] Live Art can also be referred to as time-based art, as the exploration of temporality tends to be a key theme of this sort of work.
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The term came into usage in the United Kingdom in the middle of the 1980s to recognize both new and existing performance work as a form of creative expression. Live Art is influenced by a diverse array of other forms including visual art, Experimental theatre and dance.
Live Art is a varied and diverse practice. By its very nature live art "defies precise of easy definition beyond the simple definition that it is live art by artists".[2] Below are a series of definitions of the term Live Art:
The Live Art Development Agency:
In 1999 the publicly funded Live Art Development Agency was founded in London, UK, to promote and co-ordinate activity in the field of Live Art. The Live Art Development Agency offers resources, professional development initiatives, and projects for the support and development of Live Art practices, and critical discourses in the UK and internationally