# Lis Rhodes [Wikipedia Link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis_Rhodes) ( 1942 – ) ## Description British structural-materialist filmmaker whose work with drawn and printed optical soundtracks — treating sound and image as a single graphic system — and multi-screen expanded projection is inseparable from her feminist film politics; a core member of the London Film-Makers' Co-op and co-founder of the feminist distribution collective Circles. ## Key Tags #structural-materialist #expanded-cinema #lfmc #optical-sound #sound #feminist ## Essential Works - *Light Music* (1975) - two-screen expanded film in which drawn optical soundtracks generate both the projected imagery and the soundtrack itself - *Dresden Dynamo* (1972) - film made by applying Letraset and paint directly to the optical soundtrack area of clear film stock - *Light Reading* (1978) - feminist essay-film addressing violence and the politics of looking ## Details Worked at the London Film-Makers' Co-op through the 1970s, developing a structural-materialist practice centered on the film strip's optical soundtrack as a drawable, visual object rather than a mere carrier of sound — collapsing the distinction between what is seen and what is heard. Co-founded Circles, a distribution and exhibition network for women's film, extending her formal concerns into explicit feminist film politics and institution-building. ### Concepts and Theories - [[Feminist Media]] - co-founded the Circles distribution collective for women's film alongside her formally experimental practice ### Creative and Technical Practices %% none yet %% ### Collaborators - [[Chris Welsby]] - fellow core member of the London Film-Makers' Co-op and the 1970s British structural-materialist film scene ### Institutional Affiliations and Associated Movements - [[London Film-Makers' Co-op]] - core member and exhibitor through the 1970s British structural-materialist scene ## References ### Primary Sources Bibliography Rhodes, Lis, director. *Light Reading*. 1978. Feminist essay-film central to her structural-materialist practice. ### Secondary Sources Bibliography Gidal, Peter, editor. *Structural Film Anthology*. British Film Institute, 1976. Anthology of British structural/materialist film theory and practice from the London Film-Makers' Co-op milieu Rhodes worked within.