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DIY 6:2009
professional development BY artists FOR artists
August and September 2009
SUMMARY REPORT
What I loved about the workshop was that its purpose, toawaken the political imagination, was not just a theme that wastackled but a process which was engaged in at every level of the workshop, and into which we as artists were encouraged tothink and rethink our approaches to our own work.Ben PhillipsParticipant in
Exercises to Activate the Political Imagination of the City Wanderer 
The closest experience I have had to an artistic blind date.Miguel PinheiroParticipant in
Know Thyselves 
 
DIY 6
was a Live Art Development Agency initiative developed incollaboration with Artsadmin, New Work Network, Colchester ArtsCentre, Nuffield Theatre & LANWest, PLATFORM, and Basement ArtsProduction.
 
 
DIY 6:2009
professional development BY artists FOR artists
…a highly engaging and informative experience; challenging myperceptions of art and beauty, permitting myself to participatein previously unexplored tasks, learning not to take ownershipor be covetous of material but instead allowing it to remainmalleable and transformative.Pip HicksParticipant in
Camp Live Art 
 I feel I have refined my entire practice and honed it down intobeing far more workable, productive and efficient. Myunderstanding of the areas I am influenced by is now clearerand I am able to articulate my concerns that will help me whenapplying for courses, funding or when submitting proposals.Poppy JacksonParticipant in
Practice-based Research for Emerging Artists 
 
CONTENTS:
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Project Summaries:
short descriptions of the nine DIY 6:2009projects.
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DIY 6:2009 Review
, written by the Live Art DevelopmentAgency.
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Artists' and Participants’ Reports
: information andfeedback about, and creative responses to, the DIY 6:2009projects.
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The original
Call for Proposals,
outlining the aims of theinitiative, the application and selection procedure, and themanagement structure.The
Announcement of Projects
is available online atwww.thisisliveart.co.uk/prof_dev/diy/diy6_allprojects.htmlThis report is available to download from: www.thisisLiveArt.co.uk.
 
DIY 6:2009
professional development BY artists FOR artists
Project Summaries
Kayle Brandon, Heath Bunting, James Kennard and VahidaRamujkic: BUSINESS AS USUAL
 
Avon Gorge, Bristol
 A series of workshops encouraging participants to spend time in the wildsof Bristol as indigenous beings: an opportunity to get scratched, burnt,dirty, afraid and enlightened.
Helena Hunter: Practice-based Research for Emerging Artists.London
 Sharing, facilitating, and practically discovering new and innovative waysto approach research in artistic practice.
Tim Jeeves: Know ThyselvesBrighton
 24 consecutive hours of skill share, storytelling and unconventionalnetworking.
Steven Levon Ounanian: Ritualride - A 30 day 1,000 mileecological pilgrimage by bicycleNationwide
 A ridiculous journey into the outer limits of Great Britain, visiting farms,solar panelled mosques, micro-climates, motorways, and McDonalds.
Brian Lobel: Camp Live ArtColchester
 Generating interactive performance material by exploring group activities,camp games and the idea of audience as community.
LOW PROFILE, Rachel Dobbs and Hannah Jones: What do youdo with the leftovers?Plymouth
 Examining, re-tracing, taking stock of, and realising the potential of the‘stuff’ that is leftover from the artistic process of making.
Caitlin Newton-Broad & Howard Matthew: Live Art for ChildrenLondon
 A weekend workshop for live/visual/performance artists and theirchildren.
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