NEWS
Schlimazeltov! @ SXSW - Austin
We’re very proud to anouce that Light Surgeons founder Christopher Allen’s short film Schilmazeltov! is part of the offical selection for this years SXSW Film festival in Austin Texas. This is the second year running that he’s had his film work screened there and will be heading over there to represent himself this time.. If your heading along to the festival, Schilmazeltov! is screening as part of the Global SX shorts program on Sunday 14th and Tuesday 16th of March.
Retrospective @ BYDESIGN - SEATTLE
The Northwest film forum’s moving image festival Bydesign is screening an hour long retrospective program of The Light Surgeons moving image projects from the past ten years. The screening takes place at the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle on March 6th. More info here.
DATA-ROT @ Film Friends Forever - London
The Light Surgeons present a new audio visual set exploring the vast expanses of internet video at Stream Lounge, part of the Queen of Hoxton’s first birthday celebrations on the 3rd of March. In collaboration with the excellent Film Friends Forever night, this collision of virals, webisodes and our favourite online mash-up’s will be preceeded by a screening of the award winner documentary film RIP: A Remix Manifesto. More info on the event availble here.
The Modern Vision of Sartorial Spirit @ Pitti Uomo - Florence
We kicked 2010 off with a new audio visual installation project in collaboration with designer Ron Arad. “The Modern Vision of Sartorial Spirit” was commissioned by fashion label Notify for a four day event at the Pitti Uomo mens fashion fair in Florence. You can see a teaser movie for the installation here and on the front page of the Notify website. Full documentation to follow shortly!
TRUE FICTIONS @ MICROWAVE FESTIVAL - HONG KONG
Our True Fictions live cinema performance continues to tour international arts and new media festivals. This month see’s its Asian permiere on the 13th of November at the Microwave New Media Arts Festival in Hong Kong. The show will be ustilising a huge 4mm pitch LED screen provided by Light House. The performance will be followed by a audio visual set by long term Light Surgeons collaborator Scanone.
SCHLIMAZELTOV! @ UK Jewish Film Festival - London
Christopher Thomas Allen’s short documentary film entitled “Schlimazeltov!” premieres at the Tricycle cinema as part of the UK Jewish Film Festival on the 12th and 15th of November. The film was made in collaboration with Pilgrim Films and it explores the concept of “Luck” or “Mazel” through a collection of voices from London’s Jewish community. For more infomation click here.
Chase & Status Live - European Tour
We’ve just finished producing the visuals for Chase & Status who are now on tour around the UK and Europe. For more info on their tour dates please check here. We created a total of 15 original visual tracks that incorporated the bands various vocal collaborations with a wealth of motion graphics and animation by the likes of BlinkinLab, SparkAV and the art direction skills of designer Mitchy Bwoy and a host of other creative talent. To view all the clips click below!
TRUE FICTIONS @ THE WATERFRONT - BELFAST
True Fictions continues to tour the UK in 2009 with a special FREE performance in Belfast’s amazing Waterfront concert venue on saturday the 25th of July. The show is being organised by Catalyst Arts as part of thier summer programme Capitalyst Arts and part of the TRANS festival; now in its third year and featuring a multitude of events embracing new trends, art forms, cultures and technologies. click here for more information.
LEGACY NOW YOUTH PANNEL @ CREATE 09 FESTIVAL - London
The Light Surgeons will be presenting a special one-off audio visual installation with the LDA’s Legacy Now Youth Pannel at the Hackney Ocean venue as part of the Create 09 Festival on Friday 17th of July. They will be creating a large 3D model of the Olympic site which will brought to life with sound and moving image. The project is a collaboration with Fundamental, an organization that is leading the field in youth engagement in architecture and the built environment. More info on the event info here.
Project documentation online here.
TRUE FICTIONS @ LOOP FESTIVAL - Brighton
The Light Surgeons will be presenting TRUE FICTIONS, their live audio visual performance project at the LOOP FESTIVAL in Brighton on the 11th of July. Tickets are availble here.