Performance Magazine

This material is held atUniversity of Bristol Theatre Collection

Reference
- GB 811 PM
Dates of Creation
- 1979 - 1992
Name of Creator
- Rob La Frenais, Gray Watson and Chrissie Iles (editors).
Physical Description
- 4 boxes
Digital Materials
- http://www.performancemagazine.co.uk/

Scope and Content

A UK-based European cross-artform journal and the key UK Live Art/Performance magazine from the late 1970s through to the early 1990s covering the history and development of UK Live Art over that period. The magazine provided a platform for the awareness of new approaches to the making and experience of art by creating a critical context and space for discourse. Moving beyond Performance Art and conventional categorisations, Performance Magazine promoted cross-disciplinary and underground art, and played an important role in triggering the development of Live Art as a terminology and field of creative practice.

Administrative / Biographical History

Supported by grants from the Arts Council, between 1979-1992 Performance Magazine documented an extraordinary period in the development of art in the UK. Editors included Robert La Frenais (founding editor), Steve Rogers, Chrissie Iles and Gray Watson. Following the last issue in 1992 the Arts Council grant was transferred enable the foundation of Live Art Magazine (see http://www.bristol.ac.uk/theatre-collection/explore/live-art/david-hughes-live-art-archive)

Arrangement

The magazines are arranged chronologically by their issue number.

Access Information

Open

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Printed Material

Custodial History

A complete set of the magazine, together with the appropriate copyright licences was kindly donated to Nottingham Trent University in 2004 by the magazine editors Rob La Frenais, Gray Watson and Chrissie Iles. This transferred to the Theatre Collection at the University of Bristol along with the rest of the Live Art Archives in 2006. With funding from Arts Council England, Rob La Frenais in collaboration with the Live Art Development Agency (LADA) digitised all issues of Performance Magazine. URLs for each issue are included in the catalogue

Archive Record|Table of contents

Performance MagazinePM

Performance Magazine, issue 1 June 1979PM/1

Performance Magazine, issue 2 August-September 1979PM/2

Performance Magazine, issue 3 October/November 1979PM/3

Performance Magazine, issue 4 December/January 1980PM/4

Performance Magazine, issue 5 April 1980PM/5

Performance Magazine, issue 6 May/June 1980PM/6

Performance Magazine, issue 7 July/August 1980PM/7

Performance Magazine, issue 8 October/November 1980PM/8

Performance Magazine, issue 9 December/January 1981PM/9

Performance Magazine, issue 10 March/April 1981PM/10

Performance Magazine, issue 11 May/June 1981PM/11

Performance Magazine, issue 12 July/August 1981PM/12

Performance Magazine, issue 13 September/October 1981PM/13

Performance Magazine, issue 14 November/December 1981PM/14

Performance Magazine, issue 15 January/February 1982PM/15

Performance Magazine, issue 16 March/April 1982PM/16

Performance Magazine, issue 17 May/June 1982PM/17

Performance Magazine, issue 18 August/September 1982PM/18

Performance Magazine, issue 19 October/November 1982PM/19

Performance Magazine, issues 20/21 December/January 1983PM/20

Performance Magazine, issue 22 February/March 1983PM/21

Performance Magazine, issue 23 April/May 1983PM/22

Performance Magazine, issue 24 June/July 1983PM/23

Performance Magazine, issue 25 August/September 1983PM/24

Performance Magazine, issue 26 October/November 1983PM/25

Performance Magazine, issue 27 December/January 1984PM/26

Performance Magazine, issue 28 February/March 1984PM/27

Performance Magazine, issue 29 April/May 1984PM/28

Performance Magazine, issue 30 June/July 1984PM/29

Performance Magazine, issue 31 September/October 1984PM/30

Performance Magazine, issue 32 November/December 1984PM/31

Performance Magazine, issue 33 February/March 1985PM/32

Performance Magazine, issue 34 April/May 1985PM/33

Performance Magazine, issue 35 June/July 1985PM/34

Performance Magazine, issue 36 August/September 1985PM/35

Performance Magazine, issue 37 October/November 1985PM/36

Performance Magazine, issue 38/39 December/January/February 1986PM/37

Performance Magazine, issue 40 March/April 1986PM/38

Performance Magazine, issue 41 May/June 1986PM/39

Performance Magazine, issue 42 July/August 1986PM/40

Performance Magazine, issue 43 September/October 1986PM/41

Performance Magazine, issue 44/45 November/December/January/February 1987PM/42

Performance Magazine, issue 46 March/April 1987PM/43

Performance Magazine, issue 47 May/June 1987PM/44

Performance Magazine, issue 48 July/August 1987PM/45

Performance Magazine, issue 49 September/October 1987PM/46

Performance Magazine, issue 50/51 November/December/January 1988PM/47

Performance Magazine, issue 52 February/March 1988PM/48

Performance Magazine, issue 53 April/May 1988PM/49

Performance Magazine, issue 54 June/July 1988PM/50

Performance Magazine, issue 55 [?August/September] 1988PM/51

Performance Magazine, issue 56/57 December/January/February 1989PM/52

Performance Magazine, issue 58 Summer 1989PM/53

Performance Magazine, issue 59 Winter 1989/90PM/54

Performance Magazine, issue 60 Spring 1990PM/55

Performance Magazine, issue 61 September 1990PM/56

Performance Magazine, issue 62 November 1990PM/57

Performance Magazine, issue 63 March 1991PM/58

Performance Magazine, issue 64 Summer 1991PM/59

Performance Magazine, issue 65/66 Spring 1992PM/60