The season ends in Durham.
Wed Oct 21 + Fri Oct 23 · Doors 7:00 PM · Show 8:00 PM
Two nights in Durham, North Carolina, in October. VLX 7.6 and 7.7 close a seventh season that began in Los Angeles and passed through Chicago. Two distinct programs, not one show played twice. Twenty-one short experimental films from thirteen countries, with select works scored live. Both nights at (perfect lovers) on North Roxboro.
Eleven films. Ten countries.
The first of two Durham programs. Eleven short experimental films running about seventy-two minutes, from Latvia, Lebanon, Armenia, Hungary and beyond. Analog film, deepfakes, wigs, super volcanoes. Select works scored live.
An espresso and art space run by Carrie Elzey since 2022, built as a coffee pop-up inside a gallery rather than a cafe with art on the walls. It has held dance, spoken word, tattoo pop-ups and acoustic sets, and it carries on a Durham lineage of scrappy, artist-run rooms. The right last room for this season.
Jil Christensen
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VLX7.6
79 seats remaining
Free to reserve. Pay what you can at the door, suggested $15–25. No one turned away.
VLX is donation-based and artist-first. Your seat costs nothing to hold. What you give at the door goes straight into a small, artist-led budget that pays the musicians and keeps this work outside the pay-to-play economy.
The last night of season seven.
The closing program. Ten short experimental films running about sixty-nine minutes, ending a season that ran seven programs across three cities. Light on water, stop-motion sleep, 16mm contact-printed by flashlight. Select works scored live.
An espresso and art space run by Carrie Elzey since 2022, built as a coffee pop-up inside a gallery rather than a cafe with art on the walls. It has held dance, spoken word, tattoo pop-ups and acoustic sets, and it carries on a Durham lineage of scrappy, artist-run rooms. The right last room for this season.
Doug Llewellyn with Nick Prather
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VLX7.7
80 seats remaining
Free to reserve. Pay what you can at the door, suggested $15–25. No one turned away.
VLX is donation-based and artist-first. Your seat costs nothing to hold. What you give at the door goes straight into a small, artist-led budget that pays the musicians and keeps this work outside the pay-to-play economy.