Luxonline Histories:1960-1969


	The 1960s heralded the emergence of an increasingly coherent experimental film culture in America, known as Underground film and characterised by the films of Jack Smith and Andy Warhol. In Britain an indigenous film culture begins to emerge from the explosion of arts and performance events taking place in London at that time through centres like the Drury Lane Arts Lab. The one of the most significant events for British artist filmmakers was the formation of the London Filmmakers' Co-operative, based on the model of the New York Filmmakers' Co-op which was initiated several years before.

Still from Scorpio Rising by Kenneth Anger, 1963

KEY EVENTS: 1960-1969

	1962	New York Filmmakers Co-operative is formed

	1962	Fluxconcerts in New York by the Fluxus group

	1963	Kenneth Anger makes Scorpio Rising

	1963	Towers Open Fire by Anthony Balch and William Burroughs, London

	1964	Stephen Dwoskin moves to London, makes Alone

	1964	A screening of Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures is raided by police in New York

	1964/65	Andy Warhol shows Empire, Sleep and Kiss, New York

	1965	New Cinema Festival, New York

	1966	London Filmmakers' Co-operative is formed

	1966	First London Filmmakers' Co-operative screening

	1966	Spontaneous Festival of Underground Films

	1966	Destruction in Art Symposium

	1967	Drury Lane Arts Lab opens, London

	1967	Knokke-le-Zoute Exprmntl 4 Film Festival, Belgium

	1968	Fuses by Carolee Schneeman

	1968	Valie Export performs Tapp Und Tastfilm in Vienna.

	1968	Cybernetic Serendipity: The Computer and the Arts: ICA, London

	1968	Motion Parallax by David Hall London

	1968	Drama in a Wide Media Environment: The Arts Lab, London

	1968	Castle 1 by Malcolm Le Grice, London

	1968	Screening of Michael Snow's Wavelength at the Arts Lab

	1969	First funding of an artist's film by the Arts Council of Great Britain: David Hall makes Vertical

	1969	Land Art: Fernsehgalerie Schum, London. Screenings of Gerry Schum's TV Gallery production