Fierce, Shout & Birmingham Hippodrome present Come on, Vogue!
Fierce have curated Brian Lobel, Harold Offeh and Rock-a-Hula to do turns on the catwalk…YEAH!
Come on, Vogue from Birmingham Hippodrome on Vimeo.
See you there!
DIY7 ‘An Artists’ Guide to the Black Country’, led by Abigail Davey from Breathe.
Call for artist-participants, deadline Friday 16th July
http://www.thisisliveart.co.uk/prof_dev/diy/diy7_abi_davey.html
DIY is a brilliant scheme conceived by the Live Art Development Agency that supports artists to run unusual training and professional development projects for themselves and other artists. The activities that tend to take place in DIY aren’t traditional workshop activities – they are shared experiences, adventures, explorations.
Past projects have included cycle rides across Britain and forest retreats.
The scheme is open to artists from the West Midlands region and beyond.
This particular DIY project is being supported by Fierce. It invites a group of six artists to spend time in the Black Country during August at some of its most iconic tourist attractions (starting at the Black Country Living Museum). Their encounter with the Black Country and their reflections of the experience will be turned into an artists’ guide to the area, which will be exhibited as part of Fierce’s next Interrobang event in September.
More information about DIY here:
http://www.thisisliveart.co.uk/prof_dev/diy/diy7_2010_participants.html
For reports on previous DIY schemes, visit:
The next shot of Fierce is fast approaching. Fierce Interrobang 1: Regeneration opens on Thursday this week. It lasts just three days…fleeting as summer itself.
For the full programme click here or visit www.warwickartscentre.co.uk.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Fierce has long been a member of the Live Art UK network and had the opportunity recently to talk about our work alongside our respected peers in ‘In Time: A Collection of Live Art Case Studies’.
Our Executive Producer, Kevin Isaacs talks about our work and Audiences. Kevin talks eloquently around the following subjects: challenges of engagement; artist/audience relationships; the media; site – citing works such as ‘The Great Swallow’ by Benjamin Verdonck and ‘Name in Lights’ by Joshua Sofaer; the importance of education programmes; partnerships; and venue programmes.
Kevin concludes with a statement which I think we all agree with about why we choose to work within the sector:
“Finally, it’s our job as curators, marketers, producers and venue managers to inspire our audiences, and we wouldn’t be working in the field of Live Art if it wasn’t fun, would we? Thinking a bit left-field, being brave and a bit risky, is what makes the job fun, and seeing the audience getting a great experience that they’ll remember for many a year has to be the perfect payback.”
In Time also features case studies from Lyn Gardner, Sonia Dyer, Artsadmin, Live Art Development Agency, The Bluecoat, New Work Network, Colchester Arts Centre, Chapter Arts Centre and Arnolfini. It is a definite ‘must read’ for all those interested in Live Art or the work of organisations like us.
For more information about In Time click here or visit www.liveartuk.org.
A look back at what happened on Thursday 15th 3pm…Fierce Start Party @AE Harris…
What is the Fierce Start Party? Hear Laura talk about it below:
The afternoon and evening celebrated the practice of the Fierce Festival Caravan of Artists 2010 – 2011, including live performances, interventions, and spaces to allow us to pick your brains. We had audiovisual delights from biTjAM then later some party music from mama feel good!
EXYZT @AE Harris for the Fierce Start Party
We had live blogging from this is tomorrow and photography by Briony Campbell. Here is some of Kira O’Reilly’s performance from the afternoon captured by James Smith from this is tomorrow:
Kira O’Reilly from this is tomorrow on Vimeo.
Everyone was invited – so thanks to all those who came along and those who stayed until the very end! We hope you picked up a Fierce Loyalty Card (it’s not too late to get one) and your fortune cookie.
Following the Fierce Start Party Lyn Gardner talked about the Fierce Festival Caravan of Artists 2010 – 2011 and our new approach to the festival model – a little snippet below:
Lots of festivals simply programme from the work that is available,” Morrison explains. “We’ve not gone shopping for artists who will just turn up on the night. We’ve looked for people whose work we really like, but who are prepared to have an ongoing and in-depth 10-month engagement with us and with local people. By the time Fierce happens, we’ll all know each other really well.” Even the timing – late February – is a break with the arts festival summer tradition. Was that dictated by the current May to September logjam? “It’s because the light is better,” says McDermott. “It makes you look at things differently – it makes you look twice.”
For the full article click here.
We hope to see you all very soon at Fierce Interrobang 1: Regeneration (24th – 26th June).
Were you at the Fierce Start Party? If so let’s hear your impressions of the event…
