LUX MONTHLY - LUXNEWSWIREmay2008

[newswire at lux.org.uk]

LUXNEWSWIREmay2008

[LUX NEWSWIRE is a monthly e-newsletter covering UK and international  
artists' moving image news.]

Contents
1. UK openings (festivals, gallery shows, screening series)
2. Calls (festivals, open shows, competitions, conferences)
3. Opportunities (funding, residences, employment)
4. Publishing (books, online journals, videos, DVD, CD)
5. LUX news

1. UK OPENINGS

LUX LONDON EVENTS CALENDAR the most comprehensive daily listing of  
artists' moving image events, screenings and exhibitions in London  
http://www.lux.org.uk/resources/events.htm you can also subscribe to  
the calendar in any software that uses the ical format (such as apple  
ical and windows calendar) by entering http://www.google.com/calendar/ 
ical/calendar%40lux.org.uk/public/basic.ics

UK

The Car, Ruth Hinkel-Pevzner, Nicholls & Clarke Building. 1 – 26 May.  
http://www.hinkel-pevzner.org

Thinking in Loop, Boris Groys, Cubitt Gallery, London. 2 May - 1  
June. http://www.cubitt.org.uk

With Heartfelt Gratitude for the Painless Treatment, Anya Lewin,  
Picture This, Bristol. 3 May – 7 June. http://www.picture-this.org.uk

Nought to Sixty, ICA, London. 5 May - 2 November. http://www.ica.org.uk

Diversions: A festival of experimental film and video, Edinburgh.
8 – 11 May. http://www.diversionsfilmfestival.co.uk

The Great Inundation, Katy Woods, S1 Artspace, Sheffield. 9 May – 7  
June. http://www.s1artspace.org Katy Woods is a current LUX Associate  
Artist

Emotion Machine, Sebastian Buerkner, The Showroom, London. 14 May -  
22 June. http://www.theshowroom.org

We Edit Life: a retrospective exhibition, People Like Us,  
alt.gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. 16 May - 12 July. http:// 
www.altgallery.org

Jesper Just, Victoria Miro, London. 20 May - 14 June. http:// 
www.victoria-miro.com

Claire Hope: Complex Financial Instruments, Way East, Hackney Wick,  
London. 22 – 31 May 2008 http://wayeast.russellmartin.org.uk/
Claire Hope is currently a LUX Associate Artist

Evolution 2008, Leeds. 23 – 24 May. Lumen’s annual programme of film,  
sound, and visual art returns for a seventh year of exceptional  
performances, installations, presentations, and screenings. http:// 
www.lumen.org.uk

Judy Price, Danielle Arnaud, London. 23 May - 22 June. http:// 
www.daniellearnaud.com

Faster, Higher, Susan Pui San Lok, BFI Southbank, London. 30 May - 31  
August. http://www.bfi.org.uk


2. CALLS
CALL FOR ENTRIES
* denotes entry fees
NEW LUX Calls and Opportunities deadline calendar available now at
http://www.lux.org.uk/resources/opportunities.htm
Or subscribe with any calendar programme which uses the ical format  
(such as apple ical or windows calendar) by entering http:// 
www.google.com/calendar/ical/q9b2oejc8tun8n7vibtnk8vcn0% 
40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

Chicago Underground Film Festival, USA. Deadline: 15 May.
http://www.cuff.org *

Claremorris Open, Ireland. Deadline: 23 May. Prize fund £8000
http://www.coearts.org

Brief Encounters, Bristol, UK. Deadline: 30 May.
http://www.encounters-festival.org.uk/

Milan Film Festival, Italy. Deadline: 31 May.
http://
www.milanofilmfestival.it

Purescreen, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester. Deadline: 31 May. http:// 
www.castlefieldgallery.co.uk/purescreen.asp

Ottowa International Animation Festival, Canada. Deadine: 1 June.
http://www.awn.com/ottawa/

Festival: Docúpolis - Festival Internacional de Documentales de  
Barcelona, Spain. Deadline: 1 June.
http://www.docupolis.org/

Split Film Festival, Croatia. Deadline: 1 June
http://www.splitfilmfestival.hr


3. OPPORTUNITIES

Residency: S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK. Deadline: 8 June.
http://www.s1artspace.org

Fellowship: Stanley Picker Fellowships, Kingston University, UK.  
Deadline: 9 May. http://www.stanleypickergallery.org

Grant: Museum of Contemporary Cinema, Spain. Deadline: 15 May. grants  
are given to experimental films, as well as installations and  
performances.
http://www.moccfoundation.org/grants_application.html

Residency: Bristol Mean Time, London Artists’ Moving Image Residency,  
UK. Deadline: 22 May. NB only open to London-based artists. http:// 
www.filmlondon.org.uk/flamin

Residency: Durham Cathedral Artist in Residence, UK. Deadline 31 May.
www.artschaplaincy.org.uk/projects/air.html


4. PUBLISHING

Guy Sherwin, Optical Sound Films 1971 – 2007. Book/DVD published in  
UK by LUX. Optical Sound Films collects the ongoing work and research  
of Guy Sherwin, one of the pre-eminent British film artists of the  
last 40 years in a unique artist’s book and DVD publication. This  
publication provides a unique insight into conceptual and practical  
concerns for artists’ working with film as well as a detailed  
exploration of the processes and technology involved in its  
production and exhibition. It also contains a DVD of Sherwin’s  
minimalist film works, documentation of a number of his performances  
and is completed with a new essay by Sebastiane Hegarty exploring  
synaethesia and sensory metaphor.
DVD PAL Region free, 70 mins, With Paperback, 128 pages, format 186 x  
136 mm, 90 b/w illustrations
ISBN 978-0-9548569-4-6 http://
www.lux.org.uk/shop/video.htm

Eyes Upside Down: Visionary Filmmakers and the Heritage of Emerson by  
P. Adams Sitney. Book published in UK/USA by Oxford University Press.  
http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780195331158

Practical Dreamers: Conversations with Movie Artists By Mike  
Hoolboom. Book published in Canada by Coach House Books.
Including interviews with Peter Mettler,  Jayce Salloum, Richard  
Fung, Midi Onodera, Ho Tam and Wayne Yung, Aleesa Cohene and Jubal  
Brown, Daniel Barrow,  Kent Monkman and Shelley Niro,  Paulette  
Phillips, Donigan Cumming; and Steve Reinke. ISBN: 155245200X http:// 
www.chbooks.com/catalogue/index.php?ISBN=155245200X

The Lawrence Jordan Album. 4 DVD set published by Facets in USA. An  
extensive collection of works from acclaimed American animator and  
experimental filmmaker Larry Jordan. http://www.facets.org


5. LUX NEWS

LUX OPENS NEW EXHIBITION SPACE, LUX 28, IN DALSTON, EAST LONDON WITH  
GREGG BORDOWITZ: CONFLICTING TENDENCIES (28 – 31 MAY)
LUX 28, at 28 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston is a new temporary LUX  
exhibition space presenting a year-long investigation into how  
artists’ films and videos are made, discussed and collected. LUX 28’s  
programme will be focused around a series of hosted collections, in  
which other organisations and artists will present their own archives  
onsite in the form of video libraries, screenings, talks and other  
events. The aim is to explore not only the works these collections  
contain, but the rationales which have brought them together in the  
first place. http://www.lux28.org.uk

NEW TO LUXONLINE

New Artist
Erika Tan
www.luxonline.org.uk/artists/erika_tan/index.html
The artist Erika Tan's work is informed by specific cultural,  
geographical or physical contexts. It explores different media to  
create situations that excite, provoke, question, confront and invite  
comments from an audience. Her luxonline site includes new writing  
about her work by Joanna Morra, alongside past articles and clips  
from recent projects.

New Vodcast
Ruth Novaczek
www.luxonline.org.uk/vodcasts.html
In this month's Vodcast interview the artist Ruth Novaczek addresses  
the questions and dilemmas arising from a filmmaking practice which  
challenges ideas about ethnicity and identity.

SCREENINGS AND EVENTS

Thursday 1st May 7 for 7.30pm start
LUX SALON: ANIMALS, CURATED BY BEN RIVERS
Lux Salon is a free monthly screening series showcasing works from  
the LUX collection in context, this programme is curated by the  
filmmaker Ben Rivers and includes the following works: The  
Inhabitants - Artur Pelechian (1970), Mongreloid - George Kuchar  
(197), Portrait of Ga - Margaret Tait (1955), Big Business - Laurel &  
Hardy (19min), The Mongrel Sister - Luther Price (2007) and  
Rehearsals for Retirement - Phil Solomon (2007)
LUX, 3rd Floor, Shacklewell Studios, 18 Shacklewell Lane, E8 2EZ.  
ADMISSION FREE to book a place email salon at lux.org.uk

Thursday 8th May 7 for 7.30pm start
GUY SHERWIN, LIVE CINEMA PERFORMANCES
Chisenhale Gallery, 64 Chisenhale Road, London, E3 5QZ
In this multi-work live cinema event at Chisenhale Gallery – the  
first such event for Sherwin in London – both new and older works  
will be performed in the gallery’s main exhibition space in a  
programme which includes the first showing in London of Sherwin’s  
recent Abrasion Loops (2007), the three screen works Bay Bridge from  
Embarcadero (2004/7) and Camden Road Station (2004) and the seminal  
Man with Mirror (1976/2008). in association with LUX. ADMISSION FREE,  
booking essential, to book a place email events at chisenhale.org.uk

Sat 10 May, & 11 May 2008, 4-6pm
FILM CIRCUS! CHILDREN'S FILM LIBRARY
Whitechapel Gallery, London in association with LUX
Roll up! Roll up! to a weekend of inspirational artists’ films at the  
Whitechapel: two whole afternoons of animals, acrobats, fairytales,  
clowns, magic, mystery and delight for young and old! In addition to  
classics from all over the world, children can choose their favourite  
work from a selection of artists’ films, to be screened in the  
cinema. This weekend of artists’ films chosen by and suitable for  
children aged 4 – 11 years is the first public screening of works  
from the Whitechapel Children’s Film Library, created in  
collaboration with artists, curators and pupils, parents and children  
in East London. http://www.whitechapel.org

28 – 31 MAY 2008
GREGG BORDOWITZ: CONFLICTING TENDENCIES
LUX 28, 28 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, London E8
Opening hours: 12-6pm, Wed 28 May – Sat 31 May
Free entry. http://www.lux28.org.uk
LUX is pleased to announce the opening of LUX 28, a new temporary  
exhibition space which will present a year-long investigation into  
how artists’ films and videos are made, discussed and collected.
For the launch of the project, there will be a week-long presentation  
of the work of artist and activist Gregg Bordowitz. Several of  
Bordowitz’s videos, alongside a range of other texts and related  
materials he has selected, will be on display in the space during the  
day. On 29 May, Bordowitz will give a rare London talk (see below).

Thu 29 May 2008 7pm
GREGG BORDOWITZ IN PERSON
LUX 28, 28 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, London E8
BOOKING ESSENTIAL to book a place email salon at lux.org.uk
Gregg Bordowitz will talk about the conflicting impulses and  
philosophical contradictions that inform his work, drawing from  
literature and theory to examine structures of belief. Followed by a  
conversation with LUX assistant director Mike Sperlinger.


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