Malcolm Le Grice Movies

  • 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
  • 1970
    Lucky Pigs

    Lucky Pigs

    Lucky Pigs

    01970HD

    Yes – just looping images of pigs on three screens with a tape sound track of a Chinese pop song.

    Lucky Pigs
  • 2010
    Absinthe

    Absinthe

    Absinthe

    02010HD

    In October 2009 I did a show in Prague. I returned to the Kafka house of my ‘Benefit of Mr K’ but found the whole street and Castle area...

    Absinthe
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1993
    Weir

    Weir

    Weir

    01993HD

    An encounter with a small man-made waterfall presented in a triptych format.

    Weir
  • 1975
    After Manet, After Giorgione – Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe or Fete Champetre

    After Manet, After Giorgione – Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe or Fete Champetre

    After Manet, After Giorgione – Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe or Fete Champetre

    01975HD

    Le déjeuner sur l’herbe is simultaneously perceived from four different camera positions in a work which engages with the pro-filmic in...

    After Manet, After Giorgione – Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe or Fete Champetre
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 2004
    Art & the 60s

    Art & the 60s

    Art & the 60s

    02004HD

    Documentary about British Art in the 60's produced by the BBC starting with Fraser and Kasmin, moving to the modern sculpture movement lead by Caro...

    Art & the 60s
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1998
    Even a Cyclops Pays the Ferryman

    Even a Cyclops Pays the Ferryman

    Even a Cyclops Pays the Ferryman

    01998HD

    An allegory for the passage from being alive to being dead. The cyclops is the one-eyed father - the one-eyed king in the land of the blind - the...

    Even a Cyclops Pays the Ferryman
  • 2008
    After Monet Water Lilies

    After Monet Water Lilies

    After Monet Water Lilies

    02008HD

    "My experience of Monet’s large-scale panoramic paintings of his water lily garden when I was about 14 years old became a crucial artistic...

    After Monet Water Lilies
  • 1979
    Emily - Third Party Speculation

    Emily - Third Party Speculation

    Emily - Third Party Speculation

    61979HD

    Emily - Third Party Speculation is the second of a ‘domestic trilogy’ exploring the relationship between the restricted camera viewpoint...

    Emily - Third Party Speculation
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1977
    Academic Still Life (Cézanne)

    Academic Still Life (Cézanne)

    Academic Still Life (Cézanne)

    01977HD

    As the title indicates this is a deliberately academic work, conceived in much the same way that a composer might make a 'study'. It is not about a...

    Academic Still Life (Cézanne)
  • 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
  • 1969
    Spot the Microdot

    Spot the Microdot

    Spot the Microdot

    61969HD

    This film was made by punching circular holes into fully opaque film stock and laying discs of colour film into some of the punched holes. Only the...

    Spot the Microdot