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David Curtis

London's Arts Labs and the 60s Avant-Garde

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This is the story of two short-lived artist-run spaces that are associated with some of the most innovative developments in the arts in Britain in the late 1960s. The Drury Lane Arts Lab (1967-69) was home to the first UK screenings of Andy Warhol's twin-screen 3 hour film Chelsea Girls, challenging exhibitions (John and Yoko / John Latham / Takis / Roelof Louw), poetry and music (first UK performance of Erik Satie's 24-hour Vexations) and fringe theatre (People Show / Freehold / Jane Arden's Vagina Rex and the Gas Oven / Will Spoor Mime Theatre). The Robert Street 'New Arts Lab' (1969-71) housed Britain's first video workshop TVX, the London… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-86196-748-3
  • EAN: 9780861967483
  • Produktnummer: 33697690
  • Verlag: John Libbey & Co
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
  • Seitenangabe: 212 S.
  • Masse: H24.0 cm x B19.9 cm x D1.2 cm 580 g
  • Abbildungen: 40 Illustrations, black and white; 60 Illustrations, color
  • Gewicht: 580
  • Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor


David Curtis studied painting at the Slade School, UCL before becoming involved with the Arts Laboratories (1967-71). He was Film Officer at the Arts Council of Great Britain for over 20 years, giving grants tofilmmaking artists and organising exhibitions of artists' works including Film as Film (Hayward Gallery, London 1979). He has written extensively on experimental film and animation, his books including Experimental Cinema (Studio Vista / Universe 1971), A History of Artists Film & Video in Britain (BF1 2007) and The Artists Film (Thames & Hudson 2021). He was a Senior Research Fellow at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London 2000-2010 where he founded the British Artists Film & Video Study Collection. His curatorial projects have included Midnight Underground (Channel 4 TV 1993) and A Century of Artists Film in Britain (Tate 2003-04).

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