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Light Industry is a venue for cinema in all its forms, overseen by Ed Halter and Thomas Beard. Light Industry is a venue for cinema in all its forms.

Developed and overseen by Thomas Beard and Ed Halter, the project centers upon a series of weekly events, which are frequently organized in collaboration with an invited artist, critic, or curator. Light Industry draws equal inspiration from the long history of alternative art spaces in New York as well its storied tradition of cinematheques and other intrepid film exhibitors. Through a regular pr

ogram of screenings, performances, and lectures, its goal is to explore new models for the presentation of cinema. Bringing together the worlds of contemporary art, experimental film, and documentary (to name only a few), Light Industry looks to foster an ongoing dialogue among a wide range of artists and audiences within the city.

12/09/2024

Now streaming globally, through December 30:

Hostage: The Bachar Tapes, Walid Raad, 2001

Presented as part of the 2024 Media City Film Festival, in collaboration with Light Industry and Video Data Bank.

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12/02/2024

Los Angeles friends! Don't miss the West Coast launch of Temporal Territories at Now Instant Image Hall on December 14, with a presentation of new work by Fox Maxy, a conversation with Maxy and Sky Hopinka, and a reading from Adam Piron!

https://now-instant.la/events/guts-and-glitz

11/16/2024

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Light Industry is a venue for cinema in all its forms. 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn

10/21/2024

AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER
https://lightindustry.bigcartel.com/product/temporal-territories-an-anthology-on-indigenous-experimental-cinema

Temporal Territories: An Anthology on Indigenous Experimental Cinema

Edited by COUSIN Collective
$25 ($20 with Pre-sale Discount)

November 19, 2024
334 pages
4.5 x 6.5 inches
Designed by Otami–ᐅᑕᒥ

Contributors

Raven Chacon, Colectivo Los Ingrávidos, Lou Cornum, Grace Dillon, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Miguel Hilari, Sky Hopinka, Kite, Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil, Pedro Neves Marques, Fox Maxy, Michael Metzger, Jas M. Morgan, Caroline Monnet, Shelley Niro, Adam Piron, Tiare Ribeaux, Diana Flores Ruíz, Walter Scott, Girish Shambu, Paul Chaat Smith, Adam Spry, Elizabeth Weatherford

COUSIN Collective and Light Industry present the first critical anthology devoted to Indigenous experimental cinema. Temporal Territories brings together newly commissioned pieces alongside reprints of key writings on the subject, featuring theoretical interventions and artist portfolios, intergenerational dialogues and manifestos. With topics ranging from science fiction to found-footage filmmaking to the strange case of the DeMille Indians, the book surveys a varied and vital body of work, and suggests new forms still to come.

“The purpose of this collection is not to define what this movement is or is not, but rather to illustrate some of what drew us to these works and these artists, whom we admire for their creativity, their risk, and their hope,” COUSIN writes in their introduction. “We hope this collection can be something like a celebration, a point along your path that fosters conversations and connections, as it shows some of the different ways that different Peoples are thinking about and making work as Indigenous artists and scholars. There are no rules to this thing, and you are not alone.”

This project is supported by Nia Tero, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Special thanks to Max Weinman.

Free copies of Temporal Territories are available to under-resourced libraries through A.rt R.esources T.ransfer

For press inquiries and wholesale orders: [email protected]

09/22/2024

For those who couldn't attend our exhibition SM Eisenstein: Complete Works last night, or who want to see the images again, we've posted digital scans of all 120 slides here, along with the image index used in the event. Enjoy!

The 120 slides featured in S.M. Eisenstein: Complete Works (Grove Press, 1969).

08/28/2024

Light Industry is having a 48-hour flash sale! Receive 50% off everything in our store—merch, art works, posters—by using the code THEMOVIES at checkout. All proceeds will support Light Industry's upcoming program of screenings and lectures.

https://lightindustry.bigcartel.com/

08/13/2024

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Light Industry is a venue for film and electronic art in Brooklyn, New York. Developed and overseen by Thomas Beard and Ed Halter, the project centers upon a series of weekly events, which are frequently organized in collaboration with an invited artist, critic, or curator. Conceptually, Light Industry draws equal inspiration from the long history of alternative art spaces in New York as well its storied tradition of cinematheques and other intrepid film exhibitors. Through a regular program of screenings, performances, and lectures, its goal is to explore new models for the presentation of cinema. Bringing together the worlds of contemporary art, experimental film, and documentary (to name only a few), Light Industry looks to foster an ongoing dialogue among a wide range of artists and audiences within the city.