How can the principles and practices of information design help us produce useful live art documentation? a unique user-centered, experience-design challenge

Abstract

This article presents the background to, and findings of the design development and testing of a prototype Live Art Information Document (LAIDoc), designed to address the desires, needs and preferences of postgraduate live art students researching past live art works. The building and testing of the LAIDoc comprised the final stage of a doctorate study undertaken at the University of Reading, entitled: An information design approach to documenting live art: locating and empowering the document user (2017).