International touring exhibition curated by Mark Webber which launched at Tate Modern in May 2002.
 |
| Shoot Shoot Shoot |
The London Film-Makers' Co-operative was founded in 1966 and based upon the artist-led distribution centre created by Jonas Mekas and the New American Cinema Group. Both had a policy of open membership, accepting all submissions without judgement, but the LFMC was unique in incorporating the three key aspects of artist filmmaking: production, distribution and exhibition within a single facility.
Early pioneers like Len Lye, Antony Balch, Margaret Tait and John Latham had already made remarkable personal films in England, but by the mid-60s interest in 'underground' film was growing. On his arrival from New York, Stephen Dwoskin demonstrated and encouraged the possibilities of experimental filmmaking and the Coop soon became a dynamic centre for the discussion, production and presentation of avant-garde film. Several key figures such as Peter Gidal, Malcolm Le Grice, John Smith and Chris Welsby went onto become internationally celebrated. Others, like the fiercely autonomous and prolific Jeff Keen (who worked in isolation on a huge number of films and early expanded cinema events) and Gill Eatherley (also working in the boundaries between film and performance) remain relatively unknown or at least unseen.
The organisation asserted the significance of the British films in line with international developments, whilst surviving hand-to-mouth in a series of run down buildings. The physical hardship of the Co-op's struggle contributed to the rigorous, formal nature of films produced during this period. While the Structural approach dominated, informing both the important interior and landscape tendencies, the British filmmakers also made significant innovations with multi-screen films and expanded cinema events, producing works whose essence was defined by their ephemerality. Many of the works fell into the netherworld between film and fine art, never really seeming at home in either cinema or gallery spaces. Over 20 years since their last major presentation, Shoot Shoot Shoot brings these extraordinary works back to life.
Shoot Shoot Shoot showed at the following venues.
May 2002, UK, London. Tate Modern,www.tate.org.uk/modern
June 2002, France, Paris. Scratch Projections (Centre Wallonie Bruxelles) /
EOF Gallery www.lightcone.org
July 2002, Australia, Brisbane. International Film Festival / Institute
for Modern Art
www.biff.com.au
July 2002, Australia, Melbourne. International Film Festival / Experimenta
/ Gamma Space www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au
September 2002, Germany, Berlin. Arsenal / Filmmuseum www.fdk-berlin.de
September 2002, Germany, Karlsruhe. Kinemathek / Kamera Kunstverein www.kinemathek-karlsruhe.de
September 2002, Germany, Frankfurt. Deutsches Filmmuseum www.deutsches-filmmuseum.de
September 2002, Germany, Bremen. Kino 46 / Hochschule für Künste www.kino46.de
October 2002, Germany, Hamburg. Metropolis Kino / Lichtmeb www.metropolis-hamburg.de
November 2002, Switzerland, Basel Kunsthalle www.kunsthallebasel.ch
November 2002, Spain, Barcelona. Fundacio Antoni Tapies / Hangar www.fundaciotapies.org
November 2002, Spain, Vitoria-Gastiez. ARTIUM www.artium.org
March 2003, USA, New York. Anthology Film Archives / Galapagos Art Space www.anthologyfilmarchives.org www.galapagosartspace.com
May 2003, UK, Manchester. Cornerhouse www.cornerhouse.org
May 2003, UK, Gateshead. BALTIC / Side Cinema www.balticmill.com www.sidecinema.com
March 2004, Greece, Athens. Deste Foundation www.deste.gr
April 2004, Japan, Tokyo. Hillside Gallery/Image Forum www.imageforum.co.jp
May 2004, Japan, Kyoto. Goethe Institut www.goethe.de/os/kyo/deindex.htm
August 2004, Korea, Seoul. 1st Seoul Experimental Film Festival. www.seff.or.kr
Shoot Shoot Shoot was funded by the Arts Council of England National Touring Programme, the British Council, the Esmeé Fairburn Foundation and the British Film Institute
