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Dublin Live Art Festival

The Dublin Live Art Festival is an annual event, created in order so support and promote Live Art in Ireland

History
The event was founded and is curated by Live Artist Niamh Murphy. The aim of the event is to "build on the thriving live art community working in Ireland, while also making connections with international live art makers". The first event took place in 2012 with its Inaugural festival event, with further events in 2013.

Murphy is known for her collaborative and curatorial practice that forges links between live art practitioners and give visibility to Irish Live Art. The concept and impetuous of the event developed from Murphy's previous curation Straylight, for Darklight film Festival in 2008 & 2009. This lead to the establishment of Performance Art Live (P.A. Live) with Amanda Coogan. The manifesto of P.A. Live outlines performance art in Ireland as perhaps developing from an enthusiasm for live that can be traced to social traditions of sport, music and storytelling and Ireland's history of uprising.

Events
The event features curated events, seminars and workshops on live art and performance. It features both established and emerging artists, from Ireland and Internationally. It has featured curated events by Irish performance initiatives such as Livestock, Performance Art Network, Performance Art Live (P.A. Live) and Unit 1.

Artist's featured include

Workshops led by Liz Aggiss, Dr. Aine Philips and a Masterclass with Nigel Rolfe

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