This short course offers another opportunity to explore the richness and diversity of the LUX collection, with a further selection of films and videos from its archive. Over six weeks this March and April, a thematic selection of artists’ moving image, from its pioneers to its most contemporary practitioners, bring to light works rarely seen alongside the legendary, tracing the contexts and concerns that shaped them. From the experience of place, whether faraway or in the diaspora, from film essay and film poem, to the art of the joke and the appropriation of the film archive itself, this course considers the myriad and ingenious ways in which artists continue to engage with the moving image.
It is not necessary for participants to have attended the previous Archive courses, and no previous knowledge is required, just a curiosity to see and find out more about this fascinating area of art practice. Led by the film writer and curator Lucy Reynolds, and held in the screening room at LUX, the course will present new examples of the rarely seen films and videos from the LUX collection in an introduction to, and an insight into, the thriving culture of artists’ filmmaking. Each class will be supported with weekly hand-outs of key texts and further information on the artists and work under discussion.
The course is now fully booked. For any enquiries contact [email protected]