Live Arts Development Agency Performance Pack

 

The Live Art Development Agency is the leading development organization for Live Art in the UK working to support and develop the Live Art sector, its practices, discourses, infrastructure and audiences.

 

Building on the legacy of Live Culture at Tate Modern, the Live Art Development Agency and Tate Interpretation and Education have developed a unique educational resource, The Performance Pack. Conceived and created by Joshua Sofaer, The Performance Pack is a signed and numbered limited edition artwork, a performance enabler, and an educational resource.

Drawing on works which have been informed by performance in Tate's permanent collection and beyond, The Performance Pack is a ready-made kit containing all the audio-visual material, historical information and props needed to develop a lecture-based performance exploring the relationship between fine art and performance.

The Performance Pack is aimed at collectors, educationalists and advocates as an introduction to contemporary performance practices. The Performance Pack features the work of Matthew Barney, Joseph Beuys, George Chakravarthi, Robin Deacon, Forced Entertainment, Franko B, Ronald Fraser Monro, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Rebecca Horn, Tehching Hsieh, Zhang Huan, Oleg Kulik, La Ribot, Richard Layzell, Stacy Makishi & Vic Ryder, Piero Manzoni, Howard Matthew, Paul McCarthy, Bruce Nauman, Hayley Newman, Carolee Schneemann, Cindy Sherman.

The Performance Pack contains:

The Performance Pack Performance - Script
The Performance Pack Performance - DVD
The Performance Pack Performance - Logbook
The Performance Pack Performance - Backdrop
The Performance Pack - Credits List
4 x A5 'Artist' cards
4 x A6 'Audience' cards
4 x A6 'Form' cards
4 x A6 'Content' cards
4 x A6 'Location' cards
4 x A6 'Duration' cards
4 x A6 'Documentation' cards
7 x card clips

During a performance of The Performance Pack, the audience is asked to participate in selecting their choice of: artist, audience, form, content, location, duration and documentation for a hypothetical performance piece selected over the course of the presentation. There are 16,384 potential variations of The Performance Pack Performance DIY Performance. This performance is then documented in The Performance Pack Performance DIY Performance.

The Performance Pack is a joint initiative between Tate Interpretation and Education and the Live Art Development Agency, 2004. Financially assisted by Arts Council, England.