LPM-Live Performers Meeting
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008LIVE VIDEO PERFORMERS, VISUAL ARTISTS AND VJ MEETING
29 30 31 may + 01 june – Roma
LPM – Live Performers Meeting: international meeting of live audio/video performers, visual artists and vjs is back with a new (fifth) edition.
From the 29th of may to the 1th of june 2008, in the padiglione 9C of the Ex Mattatoio of Testaccio in Rome, there will be workshops, showcases and live-video performances, but most of all, a space created to explore the artform and connect the practitioners making it happen.
The 2007 edition had 295 artists registered from the following countries: France, Italy, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Latvia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Poland, United Kingdom, Hungary, Austria, Turkey, Argentina, Portugal, Mexico, Macedonia, Israel, Lithuania, Australia, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Serbia, Algeria. 26000 visitors during the 4 days of the meeting and the preview at Palazzo delle Esposizioni.
For the themes of this year, along with some more background, check the concept page on the LPM website: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net/2008/concept/
LPM 2008 maintains the spirit of a meeting, which has been its main characteristic since the first edition. It is conceived to be a place for comparison and exchange of information and ideas and experimentation is one of the founding elements of its ideology. LPM is a non-profit organisation where any gained funds are invested back to support the research and development of the live visual field.
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