Matthew LAX is a filmmaker, artist and writer interested in power and group dynamics. Lax works between New York and Los Angeles and often collaborates with non-actors and the “everyday ensembles” found within families, lovers, hobby clubs, athletic teams and kink communities. Lax’s writing and organisational work focuses on narratives of production, labour and critical exchange. Lax received a BFA from Syracuse University and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. Lax’s films and video installations have been screened and exhibited at venues including Viennale, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, MIX New York, LA Film Forum and many others.

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