18/02/2011 Get involved in the Voyagers Gallery @ The National Maritime Museum

Do you want to be part of our new installation for the new permanent gallery at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich? On Friday 25 February 2011 the museum is inviting the public to come down and tell us what the sea means to you.. Perhaps it’s your earliest beach holiday memory, your stories of a famous sailing relative, or an exciting voyage you’ve made. Or simply the feeling you have when you look out to the horizon…

We’ll be turning peoples responses into a series of  videos that will become part of a larger installation in the Voyagers gallery and they may also appear on online. Here’s marine broadcaster Tom Cunliffe’s response to give you an idea of what your video might be like. Space is limited so book a slot now. Register here!



15/01/2011 SPECIAL AV SET “LDN-REDUX” @ ELECTROVISION

We’ve started this new year with some very sad news. Our good friend and colleague Olivier Ruellet passed away on the 5th of January after becoming ill with flu in New York City. We can’t put into words how shocked we are by his premature departure, it is truly tragic to lose someone so young, intelligent and full of life. He will be missed by all who had the blessing of knowing him. In his honor we have decided to present a special remix of our LDN24 footage at Electrovision, a live cinema event at the Roxy & Screen in Borough this Saturday 15 Jan.

Olivier was a regular at this event, we will be screening some of his  work at the begining of the night and will start our set at 8.30 sharp, so please come down early!

27/12/2010 “BE THE MAN” VIDEO ON VIMEO + REMIX COMP

We’ve just finished editing a little performance video for our friend Jo Williamson in New York and have made it available to download from Vimeo under a Creative Commons license. Jo is very interested to see how different people might approach remixing it,  this is something we are hoping to explore further with many of our old and new projects in the new year. Please have a go at a remix of Be The Man! Just make sure you post us a link to it and we will feature it on our blog.. The best one will win a special prize! If your into Jo’s music please also check out her album of the same title, out at the end of January.

21/12/2010 CHASE & STATUS – NEW TOUR VISUALS

We have been working on a new set of tour visuals for the band Chase & Status who will be touring through out 2011.  This involved shooting a new set of vocal collaborators including Liam Bailey, Mali, Takura, Delilah and Maverick Sabre, with guest direction from Dave Baum and Jasmin Jodry.  Here are a set of stills to wet your appetite, with full videos coming soon.

02/12/2010 Talk @ The British Council Malaysia

Light Surgeons Chris Allen and Tim Cowie have just returned from Kula Lumpur where they have been researching a new live cinema project supported by the British Council Malaysia. They spent their 10 day scoping trip meeting a range of different Malaysian artists and organizations that they hope to collaborate with on the new performance project. They finished their trip by giving a talk about their work to a audience of around 200 people at the British Councils offices. We have posted some pictures from the trip on our blog. More info as this project develops will be posted here early 2011. Stay tuned.

13/10/2010 TRUE FICTIONS @ FREEFORM FESTIVAL, WARSAW

The legacy of our epic audio visual show True Fictions continues this Friday, with a performance at the Freeform festival in Warsaw, Poland

01/10/2010 East End Promise Exhibition

The Light Surgeons feature in Our History’s new exhibition East End Promise which celebrates the ever-changing visual and cultural landscape of east London. It documents a whole cross section of the ‘cultural migrants’ who made this area of London their home from the early 80s onwards. Open’s Saturday the 9th of October until the 24th. For more info check here: http://www.eastendpromise.com/forthcoming.htm.

16/09/2010 Schlimazeltov! – Nominated for a Vimeo Award!

Christopher Thomas Allen’s short documentary film Schlimazeltov! has been shortlisted for the first international Vimeo Awards in New York. We’re super stoked to announce that it’s now down to the final five! So it WILL be presented on the big screen in New York. Our fingers crossed it makes it picks up an award on the 9th of October! If your all ready a “vimean” then you can VOTE for it here. If your not – why? – sign up! its a great site!!

10/09/2010 TRUE FICTIONS & SCHLIMAZELTOV! @ 1ST ANNUAL HACKNEY FILM FESTIVAL

Our epic live cinema show returns to London for a special one-off performance as part of the 1st Annual Hackney Festival! We will be presenting True Fictions in a stripped back fashion at the venue The Others in Stoke Newington at around 9pm on Saturday 18th. Along side this rare live performance, Christopher Thomas Allen’s short film Schlimazeltov! will also be screening at the Rio Cinema in Dalston on the Saturday afternoon as part of the festival – program starts at 3.45pm. Come down an support the local east end talent!

30/07/2010 Talk & Workshop @ Semi-Permanent New Zealand

The Light Surgeons founder & director Christopher Thomas Allen will be presenting our work at the Semi-Permanent design conference in Auckland in New Zealand which is from 20th to the 21nd of August. It’s The Light Surgeons first outing in New Zealand so we’re very excited and honoured to be invited to present our work at this very prestigious design and moving image event along side many other talented international speakers. He will also be leading a workshop with AUT university students to create the visuals for the Semi-After Party and will be presenting his own audio-visual set there along side lots of home grown musical talent. Check the website for more info.