I have learnt to push my research areas in terms of theory but also on a practical level in lots of different directions.
Ingrid Berthon-Moine
The project has been an invaluable experience and has made me interrogate my practice and how I go about and consider research.
Lauren Williams
The workshops and feedback were rigorous, with lots of questioning and ways of pushing ideas, activities, and questions further.
Amanda Couch
Helena Hunter delivers lectures, artist talks, workshops, mentoring and professional development schemes for individuals, groups and institutions. She has worked as an educator and facilitator at The Laban Centre London, Queen Mary University London, University of Leeds, and University of Girona Spain. In 2009 she received a DIY project bursary from the Live Art Development Agency to support her professional development scheme for emerging artists.
Practice-based Research for Emerging Artists A professional development project for emerging artists
A professional development programme packed with an abundance of practical workshops, talks, and activities to energise and invigorate artistic practice, generate new work, and demystify practice-based research for students and emerging artists. Led by Helena Hunter, including a talks by guest artists and researchers.
What place does research have in artistic practice? What guidance and support exists for students and emerging artists around the subject of practice-based research? What facilities and resources are available to support artistic research? Practice-based Research for Emerging Artists tackles these questions head-on and creates an environment where artists can share, facilitate, and practically discover new and innovative ways to approach research and develop practice.
This project was originally developed for as part of DIY 6, a Live Art Development Agency initiative developed in collaboration with Artsadmin, New Work Network, The Basement, Colchester Arts Centre, Nuffield Theatre & LANWest, and PLATFORM.
I feel I have refined my entire practice and honed it down into being far more workable, productive and efficient. My understanding of the areas I am influenced by is now clearer and I am able to articulate my concerns that will help me when applying for courses, funding or when submitting proposals.
Poppy Jackson, Participant.
A series of workshops encouraging participants to work with and trust their bodies, and to explore the potential for using the body and movement for creating performance work. The participants engage in a number of movement and body based exercises that offer unique approaches to working with the body, movement, space, light and sound in performance. Throughout the workshop participants create solo performance works and choreograph group pieces that are shown and evaluated by the group.
The workshop improved my awareness of the body; it has inspired me, and has given me ideas towards making new performance work.
I learnt how to explore, trust and understand the body; the workshop has opened me up to numerous ideas about body expression, space and choreography.
I choreographed five pieces of work and I have never choreographed anything before.
I enjoyed the constant feedback and evaluation and the sharing of techniques that gave me so many new ideas.
Workshop participants, Queen Mary, University of London
