Live and Now

Steve Greer
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An interview series from the Live Art in Scotland project at the University of Glasgow exploring histories – and possible futures – of live art and experimental performance.

Episodes

  1. 02/07/2023

    Live and Now: Stewart Laing

    In this episode of Live and Now, Steve talks with director and designer Stewart Laing. As the artistic director of Untitled Projects, Stewart has led the creation of some of Scotland’s most adventurous, large-scale experiments in theatre and live art though – as Stewart himself notes – most often by making work that might fall somewhere […]

    22 min

  2. 12/05/2022

    Live and Now: Sheila Ghelani

    In this episode of Live and Now, Steve talks with Sheila Ghelani – an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans live art, performance, installation, social art and moving image – and whose most recent work includes Common Salt, a ‘performance around a table’ made with Sue Palmer that explores the colonial, geographical history of England and India. […]

    23 min

  3. 11/14/2022

    Live and Now: Ashanti Harris

    In this episode of Live and Now, Steve talks with multi-disciplinary artist, researcher and facilitator, Ashanti Harris. Working with dance, performance, sculpture and installation, Ashanti’s practice often focuses on recontextualising historical narratives – offering an exploration of the social, cultural and historical implications of the movement of people, ideas and things. Based in Scotland, Ashanti is […]

    20 min

  4. 10/31/2022

    Live and Now: Karen Christopher

    In this episode of Live and Now, Steve talks with collaborative performance maker, performer and teacher, Karen Christopher. For the last decade or so, Karen’s practice has focused on creating a series of duet performances devoted to re-examining the collaborative performance-making process. This work follows – and perhaps emerges from – some twenty years as a […]

    20 min

  5. 10/24/2022

    Live and Now: Robert Softley Gale

    In this episode of Live and Now, Steve talks with Robert Softley Gale about his solo show If These Spasms Could Speak, making My Left / Right Foot – The Musical for National Theatre of Scotland – and the pragmatics of taking ‘experimental’ work to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Robert’s prolific career calls attention to […]

    24 min
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About

An interview series from the Live Art in Scotland project at the University of Glasgow exploring histories – and possible futures – of live art and experimental performance.

Information

  • Creator
    Steve Greer
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Live and Now