Will Pegna, Parasound, 2024, Performed at VooSpace, Berlin, Photo: Clara Borrelli .
Devika Bilimoria, Offerings, 2024, As part of ‘CEREMONY [I]’, Future Ritual, London. Photo: Fenia Kotsopoulou
Roshana Rubin Mayhew, Film still from performance of ‘4’45”, hold’, 2022, Performed at Southwark Park Galleries, Video: Shira Wachsmann
Joshua Woolford, Dancing with the devil/ a symphony of organs, scattered over the floor, 2024 Performed at Camden Art Centre as part of New Contemporaries Live Photo: Sam Nightingale
Helen Davison, Film still from performance of ‘Aequora’, 2024, Durational performance for QUEERCALL Festival, Folkestone. Film: Baiba Sprance and Marco Berardi.
William Mackrell, Breaking a dance, 2025, Photo: Agnese Sanvito.
Past Event
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Building on Whitechapel Gallery’s long history of commissioning and staging performance, The London Open Live provides a vital opportunity to map the different types of live art practices in London.
The 13-week programme will showcase artists from different generations whose broad responses to ‘live-ness’ offer an invitation to gather around new ideas and experiences.
Performances will take place Thursday to Sunday throughout June–September 2025 at Whitechapel Gallery.
Devika BilimoriaOfferings (2022-2025)Thu 5 Jun, 4-8pmFri 6 & Sat 7 Jun, 1-5pmThis is a durational performance over four hours, and audiences are welcome to drop in and out of the performance.
Nando MessiasComplete Breech (2025)Thu 12 Jun, 7-7.45pm
Roshana Rubin MayhewFeeling the Blues (2025)Movement I – Thu 19 Jun, 7-7.45pm Movement II – Thu 24 Jul, 7-7.45pm Movement III – Thu 21 Aug, 7-7.45pm
Season ButlerDo You Remember the Good Old Days Before the Ghost Town? (2025) Sat 21 Jun, 12-5pmThis is a durational performance and audiences are welcome to drop in and out.
i.as.in.we The Score(s): III (2022-2025)Thu 26 Jun, 7-7.45pm
Helen Davisonaggregate (2025)Thu 3 Jul, 5.30-8.30pmSat 5 & Sun 6 Jul, 2-5pm This is a durational performance, and audiences are welcome to drop in and out of the performance. Please note this performance contains nudity.
Helena Goldwatergathering in (2025)Fri 11, Sat 12 & Sun 13 Jul, 1-5pmThis is a durational performance over four hours, and audiences are welcome to drop in and out of the performance.
Will PegnaParasound (2024)Sat 19 July, 2pm-2.45pm & 4-4.45pm
Aaron WilliamsonCreating Slangon (2025)Sat 2 & Sun 3 Aug, 12-5pm each dayThis is a participatory performance, and visitors are welcome to participate, watch or both.
Mahsa SalaliTHE CALL – MUBĀH مباح (2024)Thu 7 Aug, 7-8.30pm
Joshua WoolfordDancing with the devil / a symphony of organs scattered over the floor (2024)Sat 9 Aug, 2-5pmThis is a durational performance over three hours, and audiences are welcome to drop in and out of the performance.
Shaun CatonTales From a London Grotto (2025)Sat 16 Aug, 4-5 pm
William MackrellBreaking a dance (2025)Thu 28 Aug, 7pm & 8.30pm
Tim EtchellsBy Word of Mouth (2025)Thu 28 Aug, 7.30-8.15pm
Plastique FantastiqueThe Hares, The Trolls, The Dragon and Tooth Cruise (2025)Thu 4 Sep, 7-8pm
