05/03/2010 DATA-ROT @ FILM FRIENDS FOREVER – LONDON

The Light Surgeons present a new audio visual set exploring the vast expanses of internet video at Stream Lounge, part of the Queen of Hoxton‘s first birthday celebrations on the 3rd of March. In collaboration with the excellent Film Friends Forever night, this collision of virals, webisodes and our favourite online mash-up’s will be preceeded by a screening of the award winner documentary film RIP: A Remix Manifesto. More info on the event available here.

03/02/2010 THE MODERN VISION OF SARTORIAL SPIRIT @ PITTI UOMO – FLORENCE

We kicked 2010 off with a new audio visual installation project in collaboration with designer Ron Arad. “The Modern Vision of Sartorial Spirit” was commissioned by fashion label Notify for a four day event at the Pitti Uomo mens fashion fair in Florence. You can see a teaser movie for the installation here and full documentation of the event here.

10/11/2009 TRUE FICTIONS @ MICROWAVE FESTIVAL – HONG-KONG

Our True Fictions live cinema performance continues to tour international arts and new media festivals. This month see’s its Asian permiere on the 13th of November at the Microwave New Media Arts Festival in Hong Kong. The show will be utilising a huge 4mm pitch LED screen provided by Light House. The performance will be followed by an audio visual set by long term Light Surgeons collaborator Scanone.

08/11/2009 SCHLIMAZELTOV! @ UK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL – LONDON

Christopher Thomas Allen’s short documentary film entitled “Schlimazeltov!” premieres at the Tricycle cinema as part of the UK Jewish Film Festival on the 12th and 15th of November. The film was made in collaboration with Pilgrim Films and it explores the concept of “Luck” or “Mazel” through a collection of voices from London’s Jewish community. For more infomation click here.

01/10/2009 CHASE & STATUS LIVE – EUROPEAN TOUR

We’ve just finished producing the visuals for Chase & Status who are now on tour around the UK and Europe. For more info on their tour dates please check here. We created a total of 15 original visual tracks that incorporated the bands various vocal collaborations with a wealth of motion graphics and animation by the likes of BlinkinLab, SparkAV and the art direction skills of designer Mitchy Bwoy plus a host of other creative talent. To view all the clips click below!

20/07/2009 TRUE FICTIONS @ THE WATERFRONT – BELFAST

True Fictions continues to tour the UK in 2009 with a special free performance in Belfast’s amazing Waterfront concert venue on Saturday the 25th of July. The show is being organised by Catalyst Arts as part of their summer programme ‘Capitalist Art’s and part of the TRANS festival; now in its third year and featuring a multitude of events embracing new trends, art forms, cultures and technologies.

16/07/2009 LEGACY NOW YOUTH PANEL @ CREATE 09 FESTIVAL – LONDON

The Light Surgeons will be presenting a special one-off audio visual installation with the LDA’s Legacy Now Youth Pannel at the Hackney Ocean venue as part of the Create 09 Festival on Friday 17th of July. They will be creating a large 3D model of the Olympic site which will brought to life with sound and moving image. The project is a collaboration with Fundamental, an organisation that is leading the field in youth engagement in architecture and the built environment. Film documentation of the project is here

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01/07/2009 TRUE FICTIONS @ LOOP FESTIVAL – BRIGHTON

The Light Surgeons will be presenting True Fictions, their live audio visual performance project at the Loop festival in Brighton on the 11th of July.

24/04/2009 ADOBE INSPIRED MEDIA TALK @ CURZON SOHO – LONDON

The Light Surgeons founder and director Christopher Thomas Allen will be giving a talk at the Adobe Inspired Media seminar at the Curzon Cinema, Soho, London on the Tuesday 28th of April. More infomation can be found here.

10/03/2009 HOME @ SXSW – AUSTIN

Chris Allen and Rob Rainbow’s short film HOME continues to tour international film festivals! This month screening at the acclaimed Austin independant film (and music) festival, South by Southwest on the 15th and 17th of March. Program infomation can be found here. Festival Site: http://sxsw.com