LUX MONTHLY - LUX 28 opening. Auguste Orts. Thurs 2 October 7-9

[newswire at lux.org.uk]

You are invited to the opening of Correspondence, Auguste Orts.
LUX 28, 28 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, London E8 2EZ. Private View:  
Thurs 2 October, 7-9pm.

Correspondence, Auguste Orts
Exhibition: 2 October - 1 November 2008, Private view: Thursday 2nd  
October 7-9pm
Open: 12 - 6, Wednesday - Saturday
LUX 28, 28 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, London E8 2EZ

Auguste Orts is a Brussels-based collective of four artists – Herman  
Asselberghs, Sven Augustijnen, Manon de Boer and Anouk De Clercq –  
who all work predominately with the moving image. They describe their  
practice as ‘…at the crossroads of cinema, video, visual arts,  
documentaries, experimental films… where media and disciplines cross- 
fertilize each other.’

Auguste Orts is interesting as a working model for addressing the  
particular issues associated with artists’ working with the moving  
image. As well as facilitating their own projects the organisation  
attempts to address a wider discourse through supporting other  
artists by organising an inclusive talks and screening programme.  
This desire to generate a critical discourse around their own work,  
and in doing so embrace the work of others, relates very closely to  
LUX’s origins in the London Filmmakers’ Coop, which was an  
inclusive forum for dialogue and exhibition as much as hub for  
production.

At LUX 28 August Orts will install a video library and reading area  
for the public to explore the group’s work, influences and  
interests. To further elucidate their ideas the group will enter a  
correspondance during the summer and these letters will be available  
in the reading area. Films, books and other sources mentioned in the  
letters, will be on display and will complete the dialogue.

Alongside the video library and reading room, the artists have asked  
Scanner to re-mix the soundtracks of their video work into a new  
composition. The resulting will be presented as a sound work in the  
exhibition space at LUX 28 and broadcast on Resonance FM and to open  
the exhibition there will be an accompanying screening at Tate Modern.

1 October 6.30pm: Screening of selected Auguste Orts films followed  
by artists in discussion. Tate Modern, London

20 October 8pm: Auguste Orts/Scanner broadcast on Resonance FM

Exhibition supported by The Elephant Trust and Vlaams Ministerie van  
Cultuur, Jeugd, Sport en Media.



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