The Library of Performing Rights was launched to accompany Performing Rights, the 2006 Performance Studies international conference and performance festival, which looked at the significance of human rights in times of war and globalisation. It provides physical and on line resources to establish platforms for activism, research and dialogue between artists, human rights activists, advocates, academics and, most
significantly, communities who live with their rights in jeopardy. It seeks to enable the involvement of human rights activists and artists who are based in communities where rights are under threat, where
financial resources cannot be channelled into travel or publication and where performance or human rights work is prohibited for economic or political reasons.

The Library of Performing Rights examines how electronic communications re-figure the relationship between performance, visibility and accountability and equips people to work in/outside performance sites. It has been developed as a knowledge exchange between research communities specialising in performance and human rights and a leading edge, community based media arts organisation.

This project is a collaboration between Lois Weaver (QMUL), Lois Keidan (Live Art Development Agency) Gini Simpson ([ space.media.arts ]) and Tom
Keene (The Anthill Social) It is funded by the Live Art Development Agency and LCACE.

http://www.performingrightslibrary.org