Debates
As the result of years-long engagement with the study of the moving image, LOOP has put forward challenging reflections on the ideas that surround film and video art practices, with the aim of creating a constantly-evolving space for discussion. According to distinguished lines of investigation, this effort materialises in the production of exhibitions, film programs, written texts and public conferences as well as into open questions to the professional community.
Lines of investigation:
The Cinema Effect
Or an interrogation on the validity and relevance of cinema as an influence on moving image artistic practices.
What about Collecting?
Or an analysis of what it means to collect video and films in a market that constantly demands for materiality as well as a consideration of the fundamental role that collectors play in the art ecosystem.
Publicacions
I Have a Friend Who Knows Someone Who Bought a Video, Once
Exhibition
Vídeo-Régimen. Coleccionistas en la era audiovisual
Talk
Collecting Live: In Conversation with the Players (Agah Ugur in conversation with Haro Cumbusyan)
Talk
Zooming in: From Private Collecting to Public Engagement
Entrades
Watch the LOOP Talks 2016
Entrades
Download the LOOP Protocol Beta Version
Beyond the Image: Sound
Or an exploration of the different interrelations between sound and the moving image as well as of the limitations of artistic categories.
Engaging Audiences. On the Dissemination of the Moving Image
Or a discussion on the reception of the moving image, its capacity of producing knowledge and prompting cultural criticism.
On Collaboration
Or a study of the collaborative horizons of image creation, as methodologies ethically relevant and sustainable in contemporary art at large.
What about Production?
Or a collective examination of the status of moving image art production in a precarious economic and cultural context.
Sound and Vision
Or an exploration into the numerous crossing lines between music and video, highlighting the mutual influences both in the field of aesthetic experimentation and the impact of these on the collective imagination. It also questions the conventional subordinate relationship of sound to image, which has been enforced by hegemonic western culture.
