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New Artist Focus: Sarinah Masukor on Naeem Mohaiemen

A photograph of five men standing in front of a concrete wall, somewhere in Beirut. Four hold rifles. One looks toward the camera while the

Early Days of the London Underground Scene

In this previously unpublished text from 2002, Barry Miles surveys some of the activities in London’s counterculture at the time that the LFMC was formed.

Life Before the Co-op

On the occasion of the publication of the book Shoot Shoot Shoot: The First Decade of the London Film-Makers’ Co-operative 1966-76 edited by Mark Webber (LUX, October

Conversation: Ursula Mayer and Maud Jacquin, October 2015

Austrian-born London-based artist Ursula Mayer works across film, sculpture, installation, and photography to create “kaleidoscopic” spaces in which various source materials intersect and boundaries of

Minimalist Principles

How can the process of film-making be productively shaped by self-imposed constraints? By what means can film performance bring to light key material, technological, and

New Artist Focus: Natasha Ginwala on Louis Henderson

A revolutionary cry is heard in Haiti. Police sirens race across a Parisian street by night, and we collectively listen to Angela Davis discuss the

Image still from Corin Sworn's The Foxes

New Artist Focus: Ghislaine Leung on Corin Sworn

The first work I saw of Corin’s was After School Special from 2009. It was a couple of years old when I saw it, but

John Smith on Peter Gidal

On the occasion of the publication of Flare Out: Aesthetics 1966-2016 a collection of writings by Peter Gidal published by The Visible Press, John Smith

If there is life in the BARN: it will survive

The LUX Film Farm took place in June 2015, during the weekend of celebrations around the 10th anniversary of no.w.here, and following a 20th anniversary Film Farm screening at LUX.

New Artist Focus: Miguel Armas on Laida Lertxundi

The films of Laida Lertxundi find their inspiration in actions and places of the artist’s own life in order to reconstruct a mysterious sense of

Controlled Chance – Claudio Caldini’s Gamelan

Fifth post by our Summer 2015 Writer in Residence Federico Windhausen In my previous text, I stressed that music plays a key role in Horacio Vallereggio’s

La Region da Pedra

Extended Programme Notes for the Screening Programme: A Idade da Pedra (Ana Vaz, 2013) / La Région Centrale (Michael Snow, 1971), Birkbeck Cinema, 14 November 2015 Expanding

“My Mind Wants Freedom”: Horacio Vallereggio’s ¡UF!

Fourth post by our Summer 2015 Writer in Residence Federico Windhausen

Passages: Introducing Narcisa Hirsch and Marie Louise Alemann

Third post by our Summer 2015 Writer in Residence Federico Windhausen

Further Notes toward a Prehistory

Second post by our Summer 2015 Writer in Residence Federico Windhausen Let’s assume you are a cinephile or aspiring filmmaker in Buenos Aires in the late

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