Guerilla Guide to Performance Art How to Make a Living as an Artist

by Hill, Leslie; Paris, Helen

• ISBN13: 9780826473981
• ISBN10: 0826473989
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-27
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

The Guerilla Performance and Multimedia Handbook is the ultimate guide for artists at all stages of their careers engaged in creating original performance and multimedia work, including hybrids of theatre, visual art, installation, physical theatre, dance, CD-Rom and web design. It covers all aspects of artist support including starting up a company, funding, multimedia tools, and documentation and marketing, and incorporates a useful Yellow Pages section with contact information for production, funding, venues, galleries, publications, festivals, printers, equipment hire, technical support, artists organizations, performance archives, copyright offices and software support. The book is lavishly illustrated and interviews from major artists and directors of some of the leading artist support groups in the UK and US along with illuminating case studies address practical questions and offer indispensable insights into how to succeed in the performance arts.

Author Biography

Leslie Hill and Helen Paris are solo artists and the artistic directors of Curious International Ltd, whose work can be found at www.placelessness.com. Their work includes live performance, installation, film, video and web art, and has been commissioned and shown internationally. They live in London

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(2)
Artists in Profile	3	(106)
Bobby Baker	4	(6)
Johannes Birringer	10	(8)
Laurie Beth Clarke	18	(7)
Toni Dove	25	(8)
Leslie Hill	33	(7)
Hsin--Chien Huang	40	(3)
Joe Lawlor, desperate optimists	43	(7)
Tim Miller	50	(8)
Helen Paris	58	(6)
Guillermo Gomez--Pena	64	(5)
Nancy Reilly McVitie	69	(7)
Vanessa Richards, Mannafest	76	(5)
Rachel Rosenthal	81	(3)
Stelarc	84	(4)
Julie Tolentino	88	(7)
Lois Weaver	95	(10)
James Yarker, Stan's Cafe	105	(4)
Organizations in Profile	109	(68)
Introduction	110	(1)
Judith Knight & Gill Lloyd, Artsadmin	111	(3)
Sara Diamond, The Banff Centre	114	(6)
Thomas Mulready, Cleveland Performance Art Festival	120	(11)
Barry Smith, Performance Arts Digital Research Unit	131	(5)
Paul Couillard, FADO	136	(11)
Martha Wilson, Franklin Furnace	147	(9)
Lizbeth Goodman, INMPR	156	(4)
Sophie Cameron, New Work Network	160	(5)
Kathy McArdle, Project Arts Centre	165	(5)
Tanja Farman, queerupnorth	170	(7)
Funding	177	(32)
Introduction	178	(5)
Daniel Brine, Live Art Development Agency	183	(2)
Paula Brown, London Arts	185	(4)
Helen Cole, Arnolfini	189	(4)
Mark Dey, WestMidlands Arts	193	(3)
Manick Govinda, Artsadmin	196	(4)
Lois Keidan, Live Art Development Agency	200	(4)
Richard Loveless, ISA	204	(2)
Mark Waugh, Arts Council of England	206	(3)
Production	209	(38)
Introduction	210	(3)
Emma Wilson, Lighting Designer	213	(12)
Zara Waldebeck, Film & Video Production	225	(11)
Ian Grant, Digital Production	236	(11)
Documentation & Marketing	247	(18)
Introduction	248	(1)
Chris Lord, Marketing & PR	249	(8)
Frances McMahon Ward, Demo Tapes	257	(5)
Tony Nandi, Photography & Digital Imaging	262	(3)
Stay Out of Jail	265	(40)
Introduction	266	(1)
Steve Ehrlicher, Accountant	267	(20)
Charlotte Jones, Director of ITC	287	(3)
Ursula Smartt, Performance, Multimedia & Copyright Laws	290	(15)
Contacts	305	(13)
Contributors	318