Jordan Lord: ‘Narrative Warfare’

LUX presents a solo exhibition by artist and filmmaker Jordan Lord, featuring their exhibition premiere of the film ‘Concealed and Denied’.

‘Narrative Warfare’ draws from several years of Lord’s investigation into the structures of documentary filmmaking and media propaganda. The exhibition asks how narratives are engineered and weaponised in contemporary audiovisual culture. At its centre is ‘Concealed and Denied’ (2026), an archival documentary without archival footage. Rather than reproduce the images of persuasion it examines, Lord narrates and audio-describes material from videos, podcasts, articles and social media, while their images and soundtracks are denied. Through this deliberate absence, the film reveals how techniques–such as framing of the image, repetition and editing–are used to manufacture authority and shape public understanding, particularly in right-wing broadcasting. Shaped by Lord’s ongoing work with accessibility tools including audio description and captioning, the film treats access as a mode of critical analysis. Practices often seen as supplementary become methods for examining how meaning is constructed and narratives gain power. Alongside the film, the exhibition’s library space presents a new work, ‘Make America Sleep Again’ (2026). Compiling advertising breaks from Fox News for disability aids and medical treatments, the work examines how right-wing platforms profit from illness. A programme of related events and contextual materials will accompany the exhibition.

What to expect:
Film / Video, Installation