Curating Commissioning Producing
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Introduction

About Electra
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Electra is a London based contemporary art agency which specialises in curating, commissioning and producing ambitious cross-disciplinary projects by artists working across sound, moving image, performance and the visual arts. Through close collaboration with a range of venues and production partners, Electra presents its projects across the UK and internationally.

Electra's core aim is to foster a dialogue between a range of disciplines of contemporary artistic practice and to provide a higher level of visibility and new contexts, opportunities and platforms for the artists it works with. Electra was founded by Lina Dzuverovic and Anne Hilde Neset in May 2003.

Projects produced and curated by Electra to date include Offer and Exchange the performance programme Art Now Live (2007, Tate Britain); The Wire 25 season of performances and events to mark The Wire Magazine's 25th anniversary (2007, London); group exhibition Her Noise (2005, South London Gallery; touring 2006 - present); newly commissioned performance and film production Perfect Partner by Kim Gordon, Tony Oursler and Phil Morrison's (2005, The Barbican Centre and 6 venues across the UK and Europe); Christian Marclay's performance Sounds Of Christmas (2004, Tate Modern).

In parallel, Electra runs a steady programme of lectures, workshops and film screenings such as the Sound and the 20th Century Avant Garde
lecture series
commissioned by Tate Modern (Tate Modern 2005, 2006; touring 2006 - present).

Visit staff, touring projects, press, and funding sections to find out more about Electra.
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