About

What we do We are an art studio that crosses between public art, social art, events and exhibitions. No project of ours looks the same. A commitment to social engagement and site-specific work has led the studio to design and deliver a range of works such as outdoor performances, sound installations, audio walks, circus performances and immersive theatre. Our name is a hybrid term of applied and live art: applied art is a practice that is often executed outside purpose-built institutions with the intention to benefit a target audience. Live art is a series of artistic actions created collaboratively

RM Sánchez-Camus is the founder and director of the studio. Marcelo’s research and practice unfolds in two strands: participatory governance and cultural democracy. His focus is on working collaboratively with communities, sector support, research and organisational strategy to help improve participatory practice.  He was co-lead and report author an AHRC EDI pilot fellowship producing research findings around inclusive access and arts policy. Marcelo also worked as part of a clinical team at St Christopher’s Hospice, specialising in arts and health. He has created and delivers the Central Saint Martin College of Art & Design Short Course: Health & Wellbeing

Press 100 Stars in the Sky: A Self-Mentoring Tool for Creatives. Creative Conscience (2023) Shortlist success for UK Exhibition of the Year. St Christopher’s Hospice (2021) Tess Colley, Van Gogh, lockdown, and art – why a walk around Stockwell links them all. SW Londoner (2020) Guest Artists Announced for Truth-Dare-Art Social Practice Forum. Chapel Arts Studios (2019) Ayshea Buksh, Report on Pegasus & The Circle of Life. BBC1 London (2017) Designs in the Sky. The Burchfield Bugle (Spring 2016) Dagenham Artists in Residence. Creative Barking and Dagenham (2015) Courage. People United (2015) Artist Profile: R.M. Sánchez-Camus. XTRAX (2012) Interviews Stress Awareness

Our Mission We believe in great art being made with and for the people who experience it. We channel others’ creativity into making collective works that are bigger than the sum of its parts and help us create community wellbeing. We love new places, new people, new risks, new challenges and taking small ideas and timid engagement and making them big, exciting places of inspiring creativity. We honour people’s lived experiences as expertise and recognise everyone’s abilities as fundamental to the development of good practice and genuine engagement. We feel thrilled and excited about the unknown, to think creatively

The ALAS Board of Advisors come from a range of community based sector development and guide the studio ouput, outcomes, and strategy. The Board functions as a collaborative caretakers team reviewing the direction and influencing the future. Maria Agiomyrgiannaki is a community engagement and development professional, with a background in languages, arts management and in premises and operations management. She studied languages and cultural studies with a keen interest in ethnography of communication. In her early career, Maria worked extensively in the publicly funded and socially engaged arts and more specifically in live art, becoming an artist producer. She