The fear of falling while flying is ever-present, so the joy of flight can only exist in failed attempts or dreams. Those who are fearless never come to land. Lighthead is a flyer. -LUX …
Lighthead
Snow Scale (1974)
The World Within Us
“By 1987 I had decided that I should go back to the root of my art and so became was primarily interested in the construction of art and my interest had moved toward narrative, as an ignored area within tradition academic video art as a potential area for artists to work within. The mores of the time set by the dominant institutions of taste worked against the use of narrative as a useful function in video art because it was seen to be colonised by Hollywood – as their interests had been conditioned by a previous generation of image workers and artists via the development and concerns of avant garde film-making – early video art was after all a response to these issues remediated in a different form from film – video. …
The Fashion Show
The initial inspiration of this early work by VIDA (Flaxton, Cooper and Deadman) was in fact a critique of fashion and the fashion industry (to also be seen in ‘Talking Heads, 1978/9). Having described the back stage and hidden act of preparing what was to be paraded on the catwalk in a monochrome style (blue and white as opposed to the more familiar black and white), Vida with several other notable makers (Theo Eshetu for instance), …
Two Reelers (1985)
A compilation of short videodramas written by Tom McGrath. the ensemble of actors includes:
Louise Scott, Stuart Bishop, Lawrie McNicol, Nikkie Steers
Portly playwright Tom McGrath joins forces with skinny video artist Stephen Partridge and four sexy new actors…
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Meas
Functional Action 1,2 & 3 (1977)
1) Description of different Films (1975-76). pdf here. …
Prisoners (1 of 4)
Part 1 of 4. I was present in 1983 when Apple launched the Macintosh. Ridley Scott shot the commercial – I shot him shooting it for Apple. A circle of ideas. Prisoners are what we are if we cannot chamnge our thinking paterns. – Terry Flaxton
’25 years ago I was asked by Chiatt Day Advertising in Los Angeles to cover the making of ‘1984’ for Apple Computers. This commercial was to be directed by Ridley Scott to introduce the Macintosh to the world. …
Water Cycle
Cosmic Dance
Page for The Video Show Catalogue, Exhibition 1-25th of May 1975, Serpentine Gallery, London. pdf here. …