Louise Curham and Lucas Ihlein – Australia
TLC’s exhibition at Sydenham International gallery (in Sydney, Australia) is up and running! BASIC INFO you need to know: “On Following and Breaking Instruction: The DNA of Ephemeral Art” Teaching and Learning Cinema (Louise Curham and Lucas Ihlein) Exhibition Dates: 31 Oct to 22 Nov @ Sydenham International Gallery, 81 Sydenham Rd, Marrickville, Gadigal. Gallery …
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Just in time for Aditya H. Martodiharjo’s performance of Guy Sherwin’s Man with Mirror at the Singapore Art Museum, TLC has reprinted an updated user manual. Featuring new entries in the blue timeline side, and a new “letter from Guy”, entitled “Thoughts for would-be performers of Man with Mirror”. Here is the pdf (6mb).
ON FOLLOWING AND BREAKING INSTRUCTION by Aditya H. Martodiharjo Date: Fri, 23 October 2026 Time: 9 – 10.30PM Location: SAM, Level 1, The Engine Room Admission: SGD $10 (Ticketed) The presentation of expanded cinema performances often depends heavily on the presence of the artist themselves. In situations where the artist is unable to accompany the …
YAM AT SAM is a programming collaboration between Singapore Art Museum and artists Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen of the artist-run analogue film lab Film Nerve. The collective will present a series of live performances, hands-on workshops and regional screenings focused on analogue photochemical experimentation and expanded cinema.
In 2024, TLC participated in a panel discussion led by the good folks at LaborBerlin (Germany) about expanded cinema re-enactment. The event was called “Unburdened Recollections: Considering the Expanded Cinema Archive”, and it was part of EMAF, the European Media Arts Festival. We were joined by Malcolm Le Grice in the discussion, and we talked …
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Dusting off: the Peter Mudie Archives WHEN: Thurs Dec 4, 2025, 11am-12:30pm WHERE: UWA EZONE North 109 WHO: All welcome! ORGANISERS: A/Prof Jo Law, Dr Paul Boyé, A/Prof Lucas Ihlein, Prof Eleanor Suess, Dr Louise Curham, Dr Lee Kinsella, with support from Peter Mudie’s family and the AAANZ conference. In 1993, the late Peter Mudie …
When we shared Line Describing a Cone with the students and staff at UOW, we were joined by Jess. She’s a former student of mine who often attends things in an “unofficial” capacity – and this ambiguous role – an insider-outsider – is something that contributes to her valuable insights. Jess’ observations are always welcome …
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At the Cone and Bulb event at Drill Hall in September 2025, we created a new zine about Line Describing a Cone, which we distributed to audience-participants. Here is a scan of the zine. Among lots of other goodies, the zine contains the TLC’s manifesto. While we have talked around this for more than 20 …
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When: Saturday 20 September, 6.30-8pm Venue: Drill Hall Gallery, ANU Canberra Attendance is free, bookings required: Register here [Anthony McCall’s Line Describing a Cone (1973) presented at CEMENTA Festival in Kandos, 2015. Photo by Alex Wisser] CONE + BULB – an evening of landmark Expanded Cinema is a presentation by Australian artist group Teaching and …
While in England, I (Lucas) was lucky enough to visit Pip Laurenson and Libby Ireland at University College London. They have a whole program which tackles the philosophical and practical challenges of conserving media art and performative art. In the photo above, you can see Pip showing me a very fancy celluloid film scanning device, …
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