Malcolm Le Grice Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 1995
    For the Benefit of Mr. K

    For the Benefit of Mr. K

    For the Benefit of Mr. K

    01995HD

    From the earliest point when I started to make film one of the biggest influence on my way of thinking came from Franz Kafka. In particular the...

    For the Benefit of Mr. K
  • 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
  • 1972
    Blue Field Duration

    Blue Field Duration

    Blue Field Duration

    01972HD

    "This is a two screen film where a full frame colour field slowly changes from blue to towards green over a period of about six minutes. The film has...

    Blue Field Duration
  • 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
  • 2001
    Neither Here Nor There

    Neither Here Nor There

    Neither Here Nor There

    02001HD

    Osama Bin Laden – Britain and the USA in Iraq as through television reportage – camera only inches from the screen

    Neither Here Nor There
  • 1993
    Weir

    Weir

    Weir

    01993HD

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

    Weir
  • 1967
    Talla

    Talla

    Talla

    01967HD

    Rocky, granite outcrops, a derelict quarry-worker and Dartmoor prison.

    Talla
  • 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
  • 1976
    Time & Motion Study

    Time & Motion Study

    Time & Motion Study

    01976HD

    The first of these is the simple domestic task of washing dishes, and the second is the aesthetic task of filming the first task. I, the filmmaker,...

    Time & Motion Study
  • 2020
    Dark Trees

    Dark Trees

    Dark Trees

    02020HD

    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
  • 1977
    Blackbird Descending - Tense Alignment

    Blackbird Descending - Tense Alignment

    Blackbird Descending - Tense Alignment

    01977HD

    A brilliantly constructed, melancholic ode to the passing of time by Malcolm Le Grice.

    Blackbird Descending - Tense Alignment
  • 1972
    Threshold

    Threshold

    Threshold

    6.51972HD

    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
  • 1984
    Digital Still Life

    Digital Still Life

    Digital Still Life

    01984HD

    A single performance made at the National Film Theatre against a blank screen – the performer twice leaves the stage on one side, exits the...

    Digital Still Life
  • 1968
    Blind White Duration

    Blind White Duration

    Blind White Duration

    01968HD

    Blind White Duration is a film concerned with constructing an experience from limited perceptions. The viewer is introduced to a limited range of...

    Blind White Duration
  • 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 2

    Love Story 2

    Love Story 2

    01971HD

    Double projection. No images, only colour, first changing slowly in spectrum order, yellow, or red, purple, blue, green, yellow.. and in other...

    Love Story 2
  • 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
  • 2003
    Travelling with Mark

    Travelling with Mark

    Travelling with Mark

    02003HD

    A digital manipulation exploiting the transcoding ‘mosaic’ of video shot on a train journey from Berlin to southern Germany with Mark...

    Travelling with Mark