Articles from 1980

The following articles have been drawn from a wide range of printed media, from newspaper letters pages to reviews of specific works in art magazines.

They have been included to help contextualise the work of the artists featured in Luxonline, and as a reminder that the debate engendered by British film and video art goes on in diverse and sometimes unexpected places.
The articles are arranged chronologically. You can choose another decade from the menu above.

PARTLY CLOUDY

Village Voice film critic Jim Hoberman reviews two films by Vivienne Dick.

THE FIELD OF LANGUAGE IN FILM

An article by Peter Wollen on the three films he made with Laura Mulvey. First published in October, Summer 1981

PRESS RELEASE: CONCERNING OURSELVES

Press release for a womens' art exhibition organised by Annabel Nicolson at Norwich School of Art, June 1981

CONCERNING OURSELVES

Sharron Lea reviews the womens' group show Concerning Ourselves for Spare Rib, 1981

VIDEO SCREENINGS

Programme notes for a 1982 season of video screenings at the ICA, featuring a preview screening of Shepherd's Delight, then still in production

GREENHAM COMMON

Annabel Nicolson on her experience of the women's anti-nuclear protests at Greenham Common. Published in Performance magazine, 1982

OF COURSE,THERE WERE OTHERS CUPS OF TEA

A text by Ian Bourn, published in Cross Currents, Royal College of Art, 1985

ARTIST AS FILM-MAKER

John Smith appears on the National Film Theatre's Artist as Film-Maker programme in 1984

HOUSEWATCH

Ian Bourn on Housewatch in Performance Magazine, October/ November 1985

MODERN ART? IT'S A JOKE

Publicity material for the exhibtion Modern Art? It's a Joke at the Cleveland Gallery, Middlesborough 1986

HOUSEWATCH AT SPITALFIELDS

Brian Hatton reviews a Housewatch presentation in Princelet Street, Spitalfields, for Artscribe International

BELLEVER - IN THE SPIRIT OF...

Craig Wood visits Ron Haselden's installation Belvedere on Dartmoor for Artists Newsletter, August 1987

TREATS AMONG THE TREES

Richard Dorment reviews Ron Haselden's Electric Tree for the Daily Telegraph, 1987

SHOWS, SCHISMS AND MODERNISMS

Michael O'Pray provides a history of early British video art, including the work of David Hall. First published in Monthly Film Bulletin, January 1988

JOHN SMITH: THE BLACK TOWER

Catherine Lacey's notes on John Smith in the Catalogue for The Elusive Sign, a touring exhibition organised by the British Council and the Arts Council, 1988

EAST-ENDERS

Nik Houghton reviews John Smith's The Black Tower, screened on 16th January 1988 as part of the Stratford Film Festival, for Independent Media magazine

WITH CHILD

Michael O' Pray reviews Cate Elwes' With Child For the BFI's Monthly Film Bulletin, 1988

TINA KEANE

Michael O'Pray on Tina Keane's career and work for Performance Magazine, 1988