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A glowing fluorescent orange substance, speckled and acid-like, dripping downwards over a scanned analogue photograph of a large industrial tank.

Online Premiere: Donald Butler, ‘FLARE’ (2026)

Online Screening
1 — 30 April 2026
A scanned portrait analogue photograph is shown landscape, showing the deep silhouette of an urban street against a blue-yellow sunset. The photograph’s damaged edges are shown at the frame’s edge.

Donald Butler, 'FLARE' (2026)

Online Screening
1 — 30 April 2026
A scanned black and white analogue photograph is interrupted by neon pink marker, cloud-like filling the centre of the frame to form the flames of a bright fire in the photograph. The photograph appears to show a figure kneeling to attend to a small fire.

Donald Butler in-conversation

Talk
1 — 30 April 2026
A video still shows two smiling children running towards the camera along a sunny street. The motion is blurred and in-camera text reads: "Healthy and purposeful human being".

April Advice Sessions

23 — 30 April 2026
Various meeting times available

ONE WORK | Wei Zhang, 'The Silver Tide' (2025)

1 — 31 May 2026

MAXIMUM TILT: a festival of artists' moving image

23 — 25 June 2026
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Writing

Günseli Yalcinkaya on Eternal Engine’s ​'Unbelievable Geomagnetic Storm'

Writing

We commissioned writer, researcher and critic Günseli Yalcinkaya to respond to Eternal Engine’s ​'Unbelievable Geomagnetic Storm'.

Above the belt | Alison Scott on Intentional Pauses (and Unforeseen Gaps)

Writing

We commissioned artist and writer Alison Scott to respond to Intentional Pauses (and Unforeseen Gaps), our peripatetic artists' moving image programme that took place across Scotland from Autumn 2024 to Spring 2025.

Moved Souls | Nadja Abt on Bobbi Cameron's 'for the first words of a dreamworld'

Writing

We commissioned artist, writer and editor Nadja Abt to respond to Bobbi Cameron's 'for the first words of a dreamworld'.
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Projects

ONE WORK

ONE WORK is a series of online events that focus closely on a single work.

Weekend Residential

LUX Scotland’s annual Weekend Residential brings together a small selected group of Scotland-based artists, curators, programmers and writers to explore some key questions in one lead artist’s practice through a programme of film screenings, group reading sessions, discussions and meals together over the course of one weekend.

International Collaborations

LUX Scotland works with a range of trusted international partners to deliver projects in Scotland and internationally.

MAXIMUM TILT

LUX Scotland and the University of St Andrews Department of Film Studies and Centre for Screen Cultures present a new festival during Midsummer 2026, programmed by Andrew Black and Anne-Marie Copestake.

We Contain Multitudes

We Contain Multitudes is a three-year collaborative project between Collective, DCA and LUX Scotland working towards creating systemic change in the Scottish arts sector for disabled visual artists and arts professionals.

Commissioning

LUX Scotland's commissions provide an opportunity for artists to create, develop or research new work.

Defiling Rain

Between 2024 and 2026 the University of Edinburgh Art Collection and LUX Scotland have beeen working with artist Jamie Crewe to support the development of an ambitious new artwork, and the shaping of an innovative production and partnership model.

Festival Collaborations

LUX Scotland works in collaboration with national and international festivals to present the work of Scotland-based artists and bring the work of international artists to a Scottish audience.

Education, Research & Placements

LUX Scotland works with academic institutions and partners across Scotland to support doctoral research, work placements and fellowships.

Moving Images Within Precarious Structures

Delivered in partnership with Fine Art Research at the Glasgow School of Art, Moving Images Within Precarious Structures is a year-long programme of episodes that start from the proposition that precarity is a condition of artists' moving image practice.

David Dale Gallery and LUX Scotland presents

David Dale Gallery and LUX Scotland presents is a series of screenings in collaboration with Scotland-based artists working with moving image.

Film London Jarman Award Touring Programme

Since 2019, LUX Scotland has hosted an artist from the Film London Jarman Award for a special screening and in-conversation in Glasgow.

Touring

LUX Scotland presents significant works by Scotland-based and International artists across Scotland as part of special touring programmes.

Collaborations with LUX

LUX Scotland regularly collaborates with LUX (London) on various projects, sharing learning, resources and audiences across both organisations.
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