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LFMC
The London Film-makers' Co-operative, or LFMC, was a British film-making workshop founded in 1966. It was largely responsible for the rise of British avant-garde cinema in the later 1960s. Work produced by members of the LFMC in the late 1960s and early 1970s has been labelled Structural/Materialist Film. History The LFMC grew out of film screenings at the Better Books bookstore, part of the 1960s counter-culture in London, before moving to the original Arts Lab on Drury Lane. Then it shared offices with John 'Hoppy' Hopkins' BIT information service, before, with the breakaway group that formed the New Arts Lab, moving to the Camden-based Institute for Research in Art and Technology. With the end of IRAT's lease in 1971 the Co-op found a base in a long-term squat in a former dairy at 13a Prince of Wales Crescent in Kentish Town. From 1978 the LFMC Workshop, Distribution Archive and Cinema was based in Gloucester Avenue in Camden in a former British Rail Working Men’s Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Liss
Carla Liss (1944–2012) was an American visual and performance artist, and filmmaker and film actor. She was known for her associations with Fluxus and the London Film-Makers' Co-op. Early life She was the daughter of the screenwriter and executive Abe Liss, who worked as a creative director for United Productions of America and later owned Elektra Film Production who made TV commercials Elektra was credited with "squeeze motion" technique of animation. Abe Liss was the producer for Elektra of ''Flavio'' (short, 1963) directed by Gordon Parks. He died on December 1, 1963, aged 47. Carla Liss was born in Hollywood, California. She attended Sarah Lawrence College, the University of Wisconsin, and the Film School of Boston University. Underground films In 1966 Liss appeared in the George Kuchar short film ''Leisure''. She took part in work by Andy Meyer, and Tom Chomont's ''Ophelia''. She was an actor in '' The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World'' (1970). She was in ''Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arts Lab
The Arts Lab was an alternative arts centre, founded in 1967 by Jim Haynes at 182 Drury Lane, London. Although only active for two years, it was influential in inspiring many similar centres in the UK, continental Europe and Australia, including the expanded Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, the Milky Way/Melkweg in Amsterdam (where Jack Henry Moore was one of the founders), the Entrepôt in Paris and the Yellow House Artist Collective founded by Martin Sharp in Sydney. Drury Lane Arts Lab The Lab contained a 'soft floor' cinema in the basement designed and run by David Curtis. In the entrance there was a gallery space co-curated by Biddy Peppin (Curtis's partner) and Pamela Zoline. In a separate (but connected) warehouse was the theatre, designed by Jack Henry Moore, who initially co-directed the activities there. Both the cinema and theatre were constructed by David Jeffrey, whose partner, Philippa James, was closely involved in the Lab's day-to-day running. U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |