LUX
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LUX is the principal centre for the promotion and distribution of experimental film
and video
works in the UK
.
It has one of the largest collections of experimental film
and video art
and houses works of over 1000 artists. It was formed in the 1990s in the merger of the London Film-Makers' Co-op
and the original London Video Arts
(later variously named London Video Access and London Electronic Arts).
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
works in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
It has one of the largest collections of experimental film
Experimental film
Experimental film or experimental cinema is a type of cinema. Experimental film is an artistic practice relieving both of visual arts and cinema. Its origins can be found in European avant-garde movements of the twenties. Experimental cinema has built its history through the texts of theoreticians...
and video art
Video art
Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and comprises video and/or audio data. . Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s, is still widely practiced and has given rise to the widespread use of video installations...
and houses works of over 1000 artists. It was formed in the 1990s in the merger of the London Film-Makers' Co-op
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....
and the original London Video Arts
London Video Arts
London Video Arts was founded for the promotion, distribution and exhibition of video art.By 1976 video art had emerged as a viable time-based art form, which was beginning to establish its own aesthetic identity and theoretical discourse distinct from film.Following the influential Video Show at...
(later variously named London Video Access and London Electronic Arts).