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Dialogic Evidence: Documentation of Ephemeral Events is the title of a presentation delivered by Paul Stapleton at the AHDS Performing Arts Summer School: Digital Representations of Performing Arts. The abstract is available here. A write up by Richard Lewis of Digital Representations of Performing Arts is available here. A different presentation under the same title will be delivered at DRHA 2007. Both presentations aim to contextualize and reflect on the recently finished research project Dialogic Evidence: Documentation of Ephemeral Events.

Live Archives Workshops 2-5 April 2007 University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK Artefacts, memories, and discussions that have been created as part of the Live Archives Workshops are available online at this location (please check back for updates). (More...)

This post contains a list of references which may be relevant to the Live Archives Workshops Discussions, the research project Dialogic Evidence: Documentation of Ephemeral Events, and/or www.livearchives.org in general. Please feel free to add references to the following list (including web links where available): (More...)

Convivencia: A one-day symposium on existing and potential relationships between documentation and live art practices Saturday the 3rd of February 2007 University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK Convivencia – a tense but productive co-existence (More...)

The Dialogic Evidence project aimed to explore the possibility of a productive co-existence between performance and documentation practices. An article on this project in the online Body, Space and Technology Journal is now available here. This 10-month project (mid September 2006 through mid July 2007) was directed by Dr Paul Stapleton and supported by a Small Grant in The Creative and Performing Arts from The Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK). (More...)

Convivencia: A one-day symposium on existing and potential relationships between documentation and live art practices Saturday the 3rd of February 2007 University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK Presenters: Robin Feeny, Concordia University, Canada Dr. Simon Ellis, University of Northampton Michael Mayhew, Honorary Associate Artist, National Review of Live Art Prof. Susan Melrose, Middlesex University Dr. Fiona Wright, Independent Artist/Researcher, Newcastle Jon Aveyard, University of Central Lancashire (More...)

Dr Paul Stapleton is an artist/researcher born in Long Beach (California) currently based in Belfast (Ireland), and employed (from 1st August 2007) as a research fellow at the Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen’s University Belfast. He is also a founding member and co-director of the England-based performance group theybreakinpieces. (More...)