Malcolm Le Grice Movies

  • 1995
    Chronos Fragmented

    Chronos Fragmented

    Chronos Fragmented

    01995HD

    A video work based on video8 and hi8 material shot over six years. Chronos is the Titian – the time god who rules the universe – the flux...

    Chronos Fragmented
  • 2006
    Again Finnegan

    Again Finnegan

    Again Finnegan

    02006HD

    Originally shot as part of Finnegan’s Chin, this sequence is re-edited as a portrait of performer Jack Murray. It continues the fascination of...

    Again Finnegan
  • 2013
    Jonas

    Jonas

    Jonas

    12013HD

    An impromptu portrait of Jonas Mekas shot at the Serpentine Gallery, London on the occasion of a celebration of his 90th birthday. All made in a...

    Jonas
  • 1972
    Threshold

    Threshold

    Threshold

    6.31972HD

    Le Grice no longer simply uses the printer as a reflexive mechanism, but utilises the possibilities of colour-shift and permutation of imagery as the...

    Threshold
  • 2021
    Strontium

    Strontium

    Strontium

    02021HD

    The travelogue footage that appears here – the landscape rushing by, fragments of cityscapes, figures in cafes, forests, and beaches – is...

    Strontium
  • 2011
    Finiti

    Finiti

    Finiti

    02011HD

    [Originally] six virtual screens matted into three Blu-ray projections. First exhibited at the Centre Multimedia Gantner in 2011, then on an...

    Finiti
  • 2006
    H2O-0C-24.02.06-12.01GMT - 03,50.40W - 50.16.30N

    H2O-0C-24.02.06-12.01GMT - 03,50.40W - 50.16.30N

    H2O-0C-24.02.06-12.01GMT - 03,50.40W - 50.16.30N

    02006HD

    A simple event becomes rhythmically complex through changes of speed and multiple superimposition. The title refers to the inevitable inclusion of...

    H2O-0C-24.02.06-12.01GMT - 03,50.40W - 50.16.30N
  • 1965
    China Tea

    China Tea

    China Tea

    01965HD

    Shot with two 8mm cameras then projected side by side accompanied by an audio tape of "prepared piano".

    China Tea
  • 1966
    Castle One (The Light Bulb Film)

    Castle One (The Light Bulb Film)

    Castle One (The Light Bulb Film)

    01966HD

    A film made with found newsreel footage combined with sequences of a flashing light bulb. It is projected with a real flashing bulb hanging in front...

    Castle One (The Light Bulb Film)
  • 2005
    Lecture to an Academy

    Lecture to an Academy

    Lecture to an Academy

    02005HD

    When I reviewed the video material it reminded me of a theatre performance which I recalled as “A Lecture to an Academy”, given by Tutte...

    Lecture to an Academy
  • 2004
    Digital Aberration

    Digital Aberration

    Digital Aberration

    02004HD

    Every cheap visual effect in the editing package and a sound track made with free software from a corn-flakes packet.

    Digital Aberration
  • 1970
    Reign of the Vampire

    Reign of the Vampire

    Reign of the Vampire

    01970HD

    Directed by Malcolm Le Grice. "It nears the end of the political paranoid works using found military documentary images. It explores a complex form...

    Reign of the Vampire
  • 1973
    Gross Fog

    Gross Fog

    Gross Fog

    01973HD

    Loops. "A four screen film projection onto four vertically placed screens, which span the gallery space from floor to ceiling. The wall surface is...

    Gross Fog
  • 1972
    Love Story 3

    Love Story 3

    Love Story 3

    01972HD

    A person walks backwards and forwards across two white screens casting a shadow, later his actual shadow is joined by pre-filmed shadows performing...

    Love Story 3
  • 1998
    Joseph's New Coat

    Joseph's New Coat

    Joseph's New Coat

    01998HD

    This multi-image work is based on Le Grice's longer, color-field film-loop installation Joseph’s Coat (1973).

    Joseph's New Coat
  • 1971
    Love Story 1

    Love Story 1

    Love Story 1

    01971HD

    A one-off performance, never repeated but led to Horror Film 1.

    Love Story 1
  • 2008
    Self Portrait After Raban Take Measure

    Self Portrait After Raban Take Measure

    Self Portrait After Raban Take Measure

    02008HD

    Self Portrait looks for an approach to a specific relationship between the duration of a work and material conditions in the projection as did...

    Self Portrait After Raban Take Measure
  • 2019
    Dark Trees

    Dark Trees

    Dark Trees

    02019HD

    Dark Trees starts with a view from a window in silhouette through which one sees a garden, tall trees, rooftops and the sea. This scene orientates...

    Dark Trees
  • 2004
    Critical Moments

    Critical Moments

    Critical Moments

    02004HD

    ‘Critical Moment One’ was an un-planned recording of a one-year old boy exploring shells and sand on a beach. Though the boy was my own...

    Critical Moments
  • 1967
    Yes No Maybe Maybe Not

    Yes No Maybe Maybe Not

    Yes No Maybe Maybe Not

    01967HD

    A double projection of images of lapping water and the Battersea Power Station all transformed by negative positive superimposition creating a moving...

    Yes No Maybe Maybe Not