Ivan Seal

Having attended LMC events as part of its audience for many years, and performed as an artist many times, I would like to emphasise the essential nature of this venue to music production. I am dismayed to hear that the Arts Council may restrict funding to this fantastic organisation in April 2008. My fear is that this valuable resource for both public and maker will disappear from London. The opportunities for young artists to perform (my own first performance in London was for the LMC) and more established artists to experiment is rare in the current cultural climate. The LMC has until now provided this opportunity at a reasonabe price due to outside funding. I feel this is not only artistically enriching but a cultural neccessity for the city's creative audience. London needs organisations like the LMC if it is to stay culturally diverse and relevant. Artists and their context must have support networks like the LMC to create new and important work. Please do not let another support structure for the creative practitioner and public be destroyed through our lack of support.
Ivan Seal, artist