LA Freewaves

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

LA Freewaves, also known as Freewaves, is a Los Angeles–based nonprofit organization that exhibits multicultural, independent media and produces free public art projects to engage artists and audiences on current social issues. It was founded in 1989 by Anne Bray, the organization's executive director.[1][2][3] With the support of others in the arts community, Freewaves presented its first exhibition of independent, multicultural video art at the November 1989 American Film Institute's (AFI) National Video Festival.[4][5]

Freewaves presents media arts in public spaces and online. Utilizing unconventional venues for exhibiting experimental media art,[6][7][8] its programs include video and media art,[9] performance art events, live dialogues online, and a large digital video art archive.[10] Freewaves holds a biennial art festival for independent and experimental media[11] and hosts speakers on the topics of education, art, technology, race, gender, and media.[12]

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  2. ^ Looseleaf, Victoria (November 4, 2004). "It's not TV, and it's not HBO". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Anne Bray". The Durfee Foundation. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  4. ^ Snowden, Don (November 18, 1989). "Video Festival Takes to the Freewaves". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
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  6. ^ "LA FREEWAVES". Media Arts for Social Justice-Pitzer College. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
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  8. ^ Rogers, Kenneth (Spring 2007). "Media Access: Preservation and Technologies - LA Freewaves' Too Much Freedom?" (PDF). Spectator. 27 (1): 58.
  9. ^ Stromberg, Matt (2019-09-02). "A Public Performance in Hollywood Will Celebrate Intersectional Gender Identities". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
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  11. ^ 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. S2CID 57569770.
  12. ^ "The Ninth and Final Panel in LA Freewaves' Exhilarating Panel Series". greengalactic.com. Retrieved 3 May 2016.