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

342 Pages·2004·7.44 MB·English

by  Leslie Hill, Helen Paris

The Guerilla Guide to Performance Art
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Leslie Hill
Helen Paris
continuum
L O N D O N • N E W Y O R K
Continuum
The Tower Building
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London SE1 7NX
15 East 26th Street
New York, NY 10010
First published 2001
This edition published 2004
© Leslie Hill and Helen Paris 2001
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any
form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or
any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the
publishers.
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 0-8264-7398-9 (paperback)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hill, Leslie, 1967-
The Guerilla Guide to Performance Art / Leslie Hill and Helen Paris /
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN 0-8264-7398-9
1. Performance art-Management. 2. Performance art-Marketing. I. Paris, Helen,
1968-11. Title.
NX600.P47 H55 2001
702'.8'l-dc21 2001028025
Layout and design by Leslie Hill and Helen Paris
Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPD Wales Ebbw Vale
for Lois and Lois
Acknowledgements
First and foremost our deepest thanks to all the incredible people who have contributed
their personal expertise and passion so generously to this book. In a field that has no
straightforward recipes for success or even financial survival, we like to think of this book
as a well stocked bar of diverse experiences and insights where hard working guerillas can
refresh themselves in good company. The strength of this book is in the tremendous range
of wit, wisdom, strategies and sheer bloody mindedness of the contributing artists and
administrators. Thank you all!!!
Special thanks to Manick Govinda and the staff of Artsadmin, London for their support of
the project.
Special thanks also to Dean Helen Swain and the London College of Music and Media and
the Institute for Studies in the Arts, Arizona State University for research support towards
this project.
Tremendous thanks to Janet Joyce and Val Hall of Continuum for their enthusiasm for the
project and all their support on helping these pages get to press.
Posthumous thanks to Lawrence Steger for the true guerilla inspiration of his life and
performance work.
Grand Finale thanks to the multi-talented Ian Grant (iBoy) who not only helped us
tremendously with formatting this book in Adobe InDesign, but also rewired the electrics
in our kitchen! What a pal!
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Contents
Introduction 1
Section 1: Artists in Profile 3
Boby Baker 4
Johanes Biringer 10
Laurie Beth Clarke 18
Toni Dove 25
Leslie Hil 3
Hsin-Chien Huang 40
Joe Lawlor, desperate optimists 43
Tim Miler 50
Helen Paris 58
Guilermo Gomez—Peña 64
Nancy Reily McVitie 69
Vanesa Richards, Manafest 76
Rachel Rosenthal 81
Stelarc 84
Julie Tolentino 8
Lois Weaver 95
James Yarker, Stan's Cafe 105
Section 2: Organizations in Profile 109
Introduction 10
Judith Knight & Gil Lloyd, Artsadmin 111
Sara Diamond, The Banf Centre 114
Thomas Mulready, Cleveland Performance Art Festival 120
Barry Smith, Performance Arts Digital Research Unit 131
Paul Couilard, FADO 136
Martha Wilson, Franklin Furnace 147
Guerilla Performance and Multimedia
Lizbeth Goodman, INMPR 156
Sophie Cameron, New Work Network 160
Kathy McArdle, Project Arts Centre 165
Tanja Farman, queerupnorth 170
Section 3: Funding 177
Introduction 178
Daniel Brine, Live Art Development Agency 183
Paula Brown, London Arts 185
Helen Cole, Arnolfini 189
Mark Dey, WestMidlands Arts 193
Manick Govinda, Artsadmin 196
Lois Keidan, Live Art Development Agency 200
Richard Loveles, ISA 204
Mark Waugh, Arts Council of England 206
Section 4: Production 209
Introduction 210
Emma Wilson, Lighting Designer 213
Zara Waldebeck, Film & Video Production 225
Ian Grant, Digital Production 236
Section 5: Documentation & Marketing 247
Introduction 248
Chris Lord, Marketing & PR 249
Frances McMahon Ward, Demo Tapes 257
Tony Nandi, Photography & Digital Imaging 262
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Contents
Section 6: Stay Out of Jail 265
Introduction 26
Steve Ehrlicher, Accountant 267
Charlote Jones, Director of ITC 287
Ursula Smartt, Performance, Multimedia &
Copyright Laws 290
Contacts 305
Contributors 318
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