LA Freewaves

LA Freewaves, also known as Freewaves, is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that advocates for, and exhibits, new, uncensored, independent media. It hosts an online media archive as a resource to facilitate the exchange of media art internationally.[1] Anne Bray, with representatives of other communities, founded LA Freewaves in 1989 and she has worked to administer the non-profit since it was launched at the American Film Institute's National Video Festival.[2] Bray serves as director of the festival[3] and has been working in the field of media arts for many years and as an artist and teacher.[4]

Freewaves
Founded1989 (1989)
Founded atLos Angeles, California, USA
Typemedia arts
Focusnew media art
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, USA
Area served
Worldwide
Director
Anne Bray
Websitefreewaves.org

Freewaves holds the biennial L.A. Freewaves Festival, which presents independent and experimental media in venues throughout Los Angeles[4] and hosts a variety of speakers on the topics of education, art, technology and media.[5] The California Institute of the Arts described the festival as "The internationally renowned festival of independent film, video and new media."[6] It has also been described as an "important voice for social justice and change in L.A.",[7] and "the largest theatrical exhibition of alternative video in the greater Los Angeles area".[8]

Festival

Freewaves was launched at the American Film Institute's National Video Festival in 1989.[9] In 2004, the festival expanded to include international submissions.[3]

Freewaves typically features independent and experimental media, and exhibits a resistance to corporate capitalism.[9] Along with static installations, the largest of which show at the Museum of Contemporary Art,[10] they present road shows that travel throughout the state of California; they also broadcast on cable television,[2] and on the internet.[8] Media artists including Bill Viola, William Basinski, Yes Men, Brad Neely, CrimethInc. and Jennifer Steinkamp have shown works in Freewaves programs. The organization also presents specialized versions of its festival, for example, festivals that focus on Latin America.[11]

In 2000, Freewaves hosted Air Raids, a citywide festival of experimental, documentary and new media works by artists, activists and media makers.[12] The festival featured an opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, thematic video bus tours, "TV or Not TV" a 10-year LA media arts retrospective that aired on KCET, online exhibitions, as well as screenings and installations at multiple Southern California venues.[12]

The ninth festival, How Can You Resist? was held in 2004, with over 150 works of video, film and digital media chosen to address the question "How Can You Resist?"[13]

References
  1. Willis, Holly (October 27, 2005). "Digital Universe". LA Weekly. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. Snowden, Don (November 18, 1989). "Video Festival Takes to the Freewaves". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  3. Looseleaf, Victoria (November 4, 2004). "It's not TV, and it's not HBO". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  4. Bray, Anne (February 2002). "The Community Is Watching, and Replying: Art in Public Places and Spaces". Leonardo. 35 (1): 15–21. doi:10.1162/002409402753689263. ISSN 0024-094X.
  5. "The Ninth and Final Panel in LA Freewaves' Exhilarating Panel Series". greengalactic.com. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  6. "L.A. FREEWAVES How Can You Resist?". calarts.edu. Archived from the original on October 30, 2004. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  7. Magnusso, Bruce; Zalloua, Zahi (January 11, 2016). Spectacle. University of Washington Press. p. 161.
  8. Rogers, Kenneth (Spring 2007). "Media Access: Preservation and Technologies - LA Freewaves' Too Much Freedom?" (PDF). Spectator. 27 (1): 58.
  9. James, David (February 2, 2003). The Sons and Daughters of Los: Culture and Community in L.A. Temple University Press. pp. 174–194.
  10. Snowden, Don (February 27, 1991). "Wave of Enthusiasm for L.A. Freewaves : Video: The second edition of the monthlong festival of independent works attracts artists from diverse backgrounds and cultures". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  11. "Video Screenings and Discussions". counciloftheamericas.org. Archived from the original on June 29, 2003. Retrieved 3 May 2016.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. Lasarow, Bill. "L.A. FREEWAVES". ArtScene. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  13. "L.A. Freewaves". REDCAT. 2010-07-16. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
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