LUX is the principal centre for the promotion and distribution of experimental
film and
video
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) syst ...
works in the
UK.
It has one of the largest collections of
experimental film
Experimental film or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms or alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working. Many experimental films, parti ...
and
video art
Video art is an art form which relies on using video technology as a visual and audio medium. Video art emerged during the late 1960s as new consumer video technology such as video tape recorders became available outside corporate broadcasting ...
and houses works of approximately 1500 artists.
It was formed in the 1990s in the merger of the
London Film-Makers' Co-op
The London Film-makers' Co-op, or LFMC, was a British film-making workshop founded in 1966. It ceased to exist in 1999 when it merged with London Video Arts to form LUX.
It grew out of film screenings at the Better Books bookstore, part of the 196 ...
and the original
London Video Arts London Video Arts (LVA) was founded for the promotion, distribution and exhibition of video art.
Art form
By 1976 video art had emerged as a viable time-based art form, which was beginning to establish its own aesthetic identity and theoretical dis ...
(later variously named London Video Access and London Electronic Arts).
LUX Scotlandwas established in 2014 and is based in Glasgow.
LUX Onlinewas a project developed between 2004-2009 to provide a web resource for exploring British based artists’ film and video in-depth.
References
External links
LUXLUX ScotlandLUX online
Film distributors of the United Kingdom
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