Live Art Falmouth News and Thanks

The Live Art Falmouth Team would like to thank everyone involved in this and last years' event for helping us to sucessfully lay the foundations for an annual live art event in Falmouth that brings together practioners and students from all stages of their career; from pioneers to emergent and local to international, to a region of the country that holds a fresh audience for contemporary live and performative work.

Please visit us again soon as the site is constantly being updated, with documentation of all artists' work from LAF08 being uploaded daily!

See below for the Archive for both LAF08 and LAF07 and information and documentation of all artists that have participated can be found in Artists

LAF08 ARCHIVE

Articles (listed by author)

Theron Schmidt.pdf

Mo Bottomley.pdf

Alexandra Glanville.pdf

Andrew Mitchelson.pdf

Mark Greenwood.pdf

Lindsay Hughes.pdf

Megan Wakefield.pdf

Video Excerpts

The following five videos of Live Art Falmouth 2008 were fimed by Linda Cleary, Rupert White & Nigel Ayers and are courtesy of artcornwall.org

Friday afternoon excerpts In order: Andy Fung, Vana Gacina "TV-Violence", Bram Thomas Arnold "The Park Bench Reader: My Favourite Novel", Jemma Skidmore 'The Hidden Utopia' (video), Tina Bech "Mememe", Andy Fung, Mo Bottomly & Tim Newman "Bone Antenna", Ann Haycock, David Pringle "Cycle", Rob Boole "Untitled" (on monitor), Tom Walker "Untitled" (on monitor), Mark Leahy "Barbed Gadlyngs"

Friday evening excerpts Lucy Cran"Mix-up", Mark Greenwood "Free Cell, Solitaire, Golf and Pyramids", Cornford & Appleby "Human Separation", Jessica Morris "Two Basic assumptions of this Theory", Cornford & Appleby, Mark Greenwood, Cornfold & Appleby

Saturday afternoon excerpts
Claire Blundell Jones "Kissing III" (Gyllyngvase Beach), Tim Crowley "Sounds of the Serengeti" (High Street), Katy Connor "Afterglow" (Chip shop), Andy Fung, Mark Greenwood , Sabine Oosterlynck "Immer Nur Saugen" (on monitor), Ken Turner & Jane Whitaker "This is Whatever - Live thought", Black Market International (screening), Kathy Rose "Kubikimenco" (video), Dani d'Emilia "Meatoo" (video)

Ken Turner & Jane Whitaker "This is Whatever - Live Thought", Birgit Sailing Hansen "Both and Or". Ula Dajerling, Kim Berry "Access Denied"

Saturday evening excerpts
Deborah Lewarne "Jelly and Ice Cream" Ewilina Kolaczek & Nelly Alfandari "Am I Good?" Richard Layzell "Key Notes"

Publicity

Print Material Downloads (PDF)

LAF08 Programme (PDF)
Flyer: Full List of Artists
PDF: Full List of Artists

Party Invite

Press Release

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Live Art Falmouth 08- The largest scale festival of it's kind ever to happen in Cornwall

Following last year’s enormous success, Live Art Falmouth (LAF) is back on Friday 6 June and Saturday 7 June. The annual, two-day festival features an innovative program of live/performance art, interactive video installations, cutting edge technology, video screenings, sound/sonic art performances at at Wellington Terrace, Foundation Annex and at various sites around town.

More than 100 international, national, regional, and student artists (UCF and DCA) will contribute to this year’s live art platform with 75 pieces of work within two days.

Artists include Alex Hetherington, a new media artist and writer who has been awarded commissions by Channel 4.....

Full LAF08 Press Release (PDF)

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Audience and artist's quotes

"A great weekend and enjoyed by all.", Stephen Cornford

"The most difficult issues facing a young artist are associated with making the transition from being undergraduate working in the protected environment of the art school to being a practising artist taking their work to the general public. LAF is one of the few opportunities that a young artist living in Cornwall has to cross this bridge. Whilst its billed as 'Live Art' LAF as an event has in its two years supported a wide range of practices (including video and installation as well) and is now already established as the foremost platform for experimental and innovative art in Cornwall. It has helped raise the profile of art in Cornwall, and particularly Falmouth in the process, especially this year when it attracted performers and critics from around the world. This can only reflect well on the College. The energy and enthusiasm of the organisers and participants was impressive, and if they are able to maintain this level of energy it bodes well for the future. Events gain strength and momentum from being repeated on an annual basis, and I can only think it will go from strength to strength and thereby continue to build on its developing reputation.", Rupert White

LAF07 ARCHIVE

On June 8th and 9th 2007, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, more than 35 international, regional, and student artists contributed to an innovative programme of live and performance art, including interactive video installation, cutting edge technology, live VJ-ing, video screening of performance based video work, sound/sonic art performances and an artist led discussion. This two-day platform featured artists ranging from the emerging to the mature, those working locally to internationally, including University College Falmouth student artists and alumni. Select images below to see entire poster