Arts Faculty Practice as Research Workshop Series: Before I Compose a Piece, I Walk round It Several Times, Accompanied by Myself

This workshop will follow Hodge's move from practitioner to practice-as-researcher. By considering live art to be “a way of thinking about what art is, what it can do, and where and how it can be experienced, rather than a description of an artform or discipline” (Keidan), Hodge will demonstrate how he borrows models from a wide range of spatial and performance frameworks and adopts an interdisciplinary, or perhaps “antidisciplinary” (Ito), approach to their practical application. In his Zoom talk, he will examine three different Practice as Research outputs: “A Mis-Guide to Anywhere” (Anywhere, 2006), “2ND LIVE” (Real Life and Second Life, 2008-2009), and “Where to build the walls that protect us” (Exeter and Leeds, UK, 2013-2016), before speculating about another that's yet to come, “Listen to his music and you will hear his footsteps” (Paris and online, 1 July 2025).