Performance Art in Denmark

Live art in Denmark.

“Live Art is more a way of thinking and doing than a rigid artistic discipline. Much of its cultural value lies in its experiential and exploratory nature – in its approaches to, and negotiation of, ideas, experiences, and things. We create and curate concepts which include and invite an audience of all ages to participate.

Live Art Denmark was founded in 2004 in Copenhagen to promote the discussion, documentation and development of live art in Denmark. We have presented live art and performance art for 20+ years in Denmark; identifying strongly with the LADA quote that live art is not an art form, but a strategy, a way of questioning status quo and thinking about how things can be different. With this impulse, we have presented towards 400 international artists with a wide range of works from live performances to documentations of many kinds.

Live Art Denmark specializes in interdisciplinary audience engagement in collaborations with theatres, museums, music venues and festivals in Denmark and intentionally. We are fully funded by the Danish Art Council. Since 2004, we have developed several new formats and modes of interaction with inter-generational audiences, from live performance and festivals to educational concepts and documentation for the VR format with a 360 degree camera.”

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  • Live Art Denmark / Live Art Danmark we have presented live art and performance art for 20+ years in Denmark; identifying strongly with the LADA quote that live art is not an art form, but a strategy, a way of questioning status quo and thinking about how things can be different. With this impulse, we have presented towards 400 international artists with a wide range of works from live performances to documentations of many kinds.
  • FRIISLAND center for Performance Art RIISLAND was founded in 2021 to present and promote idea based and interdisciplinary performative practices. We have a special focus on the documentation and dissemination of live works, from reconstructions, event scores, photos, VR, text or oral descriptions. We are also open to collaborations with young or established artists and art students. FRIISLAND is situated in the outer Nordhavn area of Copenhagen, across the future culture center, Tunnelfabrikken. We are engaged in our location in Nordhavn, a developing area of Copenhagen, as well as cooperating with local institutions and companies. FRIISLAND Center for Performance Art is a project by Live Art Denmark, conceptualized by Ellen Friis and Henrik Vestergaard, who have curated performative practices and processes in Denmark and abroad since 2004. The Center is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation: The Council for Visual Arts and The Council for Performing Arts.