Live art, installation and performance can inspire audiences and attract supporters across contemporary art practices and disciplines. These pieces by established writers on the work of seven artists working in the field throw light on live art's popularity and practice.

Content :
Introduction 1 - the sincerity of events, Lynn McRitchie
introduction 2 - variable spaces - new performances in the 1990s, Tim Etchells
the eros of Rose - the work of Rose English, Deborah Levy
never as simple as ABC - the work of Gary Stevens, Yve Lomax
Bobby Baker - the rebel at the heart of the joker,Marina Warner
Heather Ackroyd and Daniel Harvey, Sarah Craddock
borderland prctice - the work of Graeme Miller, Andrea Phillips
an act in several parts - the work of Station House Opera, Sarah Kent
the art of the new magician - the work of Keith Khan, Naseem Khan.

Editors: Nicky Childs and Jeni Walwyn

Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Rivers Oram Press (Mar 1 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1854890999
ISBN-13: 978-1854890993