Live Art Development Agency
1999 – 2009
ten years and counting

The Live Art Development Agency was founded in 1999 to support the proliferation of Live Art practices and critical discourses in the UK and internationally. The Agency is celebrating its tenth anniversary through a special series of projects including ten commissions of ‘anniversary presents’ especially created by artists for sale on Unbound, and ten commissions of short artists’ films about and around Live Art that will be posted online each month throughout 2009.

All of the artists who have created anniversary presents or films have had some kind of relationship with the Agency over the last ten years, as One to One Bursary artists, as contributors to Agency programmes and publications, or as DIY project leaders, to name but a few.

Tenth Anniversary Presents
All the artists have created their anniversary presents around variations on the number ten in terms of editions or prices, and the presents range from mass produced, cheap and cheerful merchandise, to limited edition artworks.

The presents are exclusively available on Unbound, the Live Art Development Agency’s online shop for Live Art books, dvds and limited editions. See all the presents on the limited editions shelf of Unbound here , or visit the Agency's site here for background information and further details.



Franko B
My … Hurts
Silver pen on black paper wood framed drawings.
1 Edition in a series of 10 consisting of 9 single drawings and one triptych.

1. my knees hurt, 2. my head hurts, 3. my ass hurts, 4. my fingers hurt, 5. my heart hurts, 6. my tummy hurts, 7. my tummy hurts, 8. my cock hurts, 9. no more pain. Triptych consists of skull, boating lake and heart house, and men with cocks.
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Anne Bean
My Present is N O W
One letter from N O W written in strawberries.
1 Edition of 10 box framed triptychs (each triptych will be made-to-order).

If one were to distil a considerable sector of Eastern thought to one word it would be N O W, which is also a significant underlying notion in performance/live-art. If one were to distil Western capitalist doctrine to one word it would be O W N.
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Richard Dedomenici
Build Your Own Replica Live Art Development Agency
A cardboard model of the Agency office and staff.
1 Edition of 100.

For the first time you can benefit from the satisfaction of your very own replica Live Art Development Agency, self-assembled in the comfort of your own home! Caution: owning this product will not qualify you to run a non-governmental cultural organisation.
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Yara El-Sherbini
Yara El-Sherbini’s Decision Maker
A floating action pen.
1 Edition of 500.

Can’t make up your mind? Put faith in the pen and let fate decide. Use Yara El-Sherbini’s Decision Maker to help you throughout your day.
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Tim Etchells
Heroes & Heroines of Live Art (First 110)
T-shirts of artists from the Live Art canon.
1 Edition of 110 ethically produced 100% cotton T-Shirts with vinyl cut lettering.

A collection of unique T-shirts designed by Tim Etchells, with each shirt bearing the name of an artist rendered in a "suitable" typeface. Only one of each shirt will be produced.
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Marcia Farquhar
Rose Bud Cupcake
Cupcakes cast from marble dust resin.
1 Edition of 10

A solid stone cupcake based on the intimate casting, Rose Bud. Cast from one of Farquhar's original bespoke Jane Asher cakes, and created with a nod to Marion Davies and Marcel Duchamp, the work is cupcake-sized.
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Hayley Newman
Out of Memory
10 photographic prints of sites where performances occurred in London between 1961 and 2004.
3 Editions in a series of 10 unframed bromide prints.

Photographs of sites of performances by artists such as Fiona Templeton, Bobby Baker and Stuart Brisley. The original artist, performance and site for each photograph in this series will only be revealed when your purchase arrives.
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Harminder Singh Judge
For-Skin For-You For-Ever
Neon penis and peacock feathers in a black hand-made box.
1 Edition of 3.

An incredibly personal gift of a neon outline of Harminder Singh Judge’s erect penis presented in a black hand made box on a bed of peacock feathers.
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Joshua Sofaer
Performance Artist Paper Doll
Cut out and keep your own performance artist.
1 Edition of 500. A4 loose leaf cardboard.

Cut and Play
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Manuel Vason
10 Minutes For 10 Years
A 10 minute-exposure group photograph.
1 Edition of 10. C-Type print, unframed.

Manuel Vason invited eight artists with a history with the Agency to participate in a 10 minute-exposure photograph taken on rare Polaroid film, with himself and Lois Keidan. The eight invited artists are: Barby Asante, Sheila Ghelani, Kazuko Hohki, Helena Hunter, Eirini Kartsaki, Robert Pacitti, Rajni Shah and Lois Weaver.


Tenth Anniversary Films
Look out for films each month by Oreet Ashery, Blast Theory, George Chakravarthi, Curious, Robin Deacon, FrenchMottershead, Susannah Hewlett, Stacy Makishi, motiroti, and Aaron Williamson.

See February’s film by Susannah Hewlett here

For full details of all anniversary events and other activities visit ...