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SCHOOL OF PERFORMANCE — the art of creating educational strategies

One of the main purposes of contemporary art is initialization of educational and cultural processes. The art that violates the discourse of its functions and its role in human life becomes a vivacious element necessary for the proper functioning of the society. The art of performance, which is connected with the public process and momentary, immediate confrontation with the audience, reveals its educational potential and its meaning for the development of this art discipline. Festivals as an effective platform of presentation of actionism art and contemporary performative practices more and more often introduce educational elements in their programming strategies.

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The Czech performance festival FNAF is celebrating its 10th anniversary in Lviv

“Days of Performance Art. School of Performance” will take place from June 18 to 22. This year, the festival program is based on the experience of the Czech project FNAF (Festival of Naked Forms), which explores the body, corporeality and various forms of their expression through a visual sign. The theme of the five-day meeting […]

PERFORMANCE symposium 2020

21.12.2020. For the last few months, we have been full of uncertainty and questions, sometimes even blocked by them. The appearance of freedom is present but its visibility is limited by instructions and forced isolation, which requires adaptation to contactless. We are surrounded by a transparent barrier, and we are separated by it. Sometimes it […]

SCHOOL OF PERFORMANCE 2019

the program I− AM− HERE− by Kineret Haya Max [2019] [video]

August 31 – September 03, 10:00-14:00, the Program I− AM− HERE− by Kineret Haya Max in frame of the School of Performance 2019. I- AM- HERE- Each of the essence − I, Am, Here is a container of circumstances. The inherent electricity of performance art has a lot to do with the constantly changing reality. […]

the Program FROM ACTION TO INSTALLATION AND BACK by Anja Ibsch [2019] [video]

September 02 – September 06, 10:00-14:00, the Program FROM ACTION TO INSTALLATION AND BACK by Anja Ibsch in frame of the School of Performance 2019. Investigation of installative aspects in performative actions We start with a simple installation. We continue with an action in this installation. We will use the output and the relics as a basis for new […]

the Program SPACE − TIME − CULTURAL CONTEXT by Janusz Bałdyga [2019]

September 01 – September 05, 10:00-14:00, the Program SPACE − TIME − CULTURAL CONTEXT by Janusz Bałdyga in frame of the School of Performance 2019. SPACE – TIME – CULTURAL CONTEXT The master class addresses the issue of space, place and presence in the context of a cultural myth that originates from a tradition of […]

2019. SCHOOL OF PERFORMANCE #11

From September 1 to September 7, the INSTITUTE OF ACTUAL ART in Lviv is holding the SCHOOL OF PERFORMANCE based on a more than ten-year tradition of action art festival – Days of Performance Art in Lviv, which continues to be the only professional educational platform in Ukraine. The demand for knowledge in the performance […]

YARYNA SHUMSKA. SCHOOL OF PERFORMANCE 2018: DYNAMICS OF THE CHANGE PROCESSES

The organizers put a special emphasis on the SCHOOL OF PERFORMANCE, which continued to work on the concept of thematic workshops. The SCHOOL has become a holistic cycle of workshops during the last ten years. It focuses on the individuality of each participant and it is an opportunity to work in a team, to try […]

MARTINE VIALE. SCHOOL OF PERFORMANCE, LVIV 2018

I had a very rich experience at Days of performance art in Lviv, as a participating artist of the festival and also as a workshop facilitator. As an artist I felt supported and listened to which is always reassuring. The festival team did everything they could to facilitate the work of all the artists and […]

JANUSZ BALDYGA. SCHOOL OF PERFORMANCE. DAYS OF PERFORMANCE ART – LVIV 2018

The festival, which has just come to an end, gave an answer to an important question of the educational potential of performance art. The adequate distribution of the activities of School of performance and the presentations by artists from different countries and artistic environments led to the formation of a single organism based on the […]

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