Malcolm Le Grice Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1967
    Little Dog for Roger

    Little Dog for Roger

    Little Dog for Roger

    81967HD

    A nostalgic exploration, comprising fragments of reworked 9.5mm home movie footage. The deterioration of the original film, like memories,...

    Little Dog for Roger
  • 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
  • 1974
    After Lumière – l'Arroseur arrosé

    After Lumière – l'Arroseur arrosé

    After Lumière – l'Arroseur arrosé

    01974HD

    "Like all the works I have done which refer directly to another artist, After Lumière… is not directly 'about' the Lumière...

    After Lumière – l'Arroseur arrosé
  • 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
  • 1971
    Your Lips 3

    Your Lips 3

    Your Lips 3

    01971HD

    A re-worked version of Your Lips 1 with multiple colour superimpositions. Originally shown with a soundtrack from computer artist Alan Sutcliffe but...

    Your Lips 3
  • 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
  • 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
    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
  • 2006
    DENISINED - SINEDENIS

    DENISINED - SINEDENIS

    DENISINED - SINEDENIS

    02006HD

    Music J S Bach digitally reconstructed by Le Grice.

    DENISINED - SINEDENIS
  • 1971
    Horror Film 1

    Horror Film 1

    Horror Film 1

    41971HD

    Film shadow performance. "First presented in 1971 using three 16mm projectors each with a short loop of changing colour. Projected onto the same...

    Horror Film 1
  • 1967
    Talla

    Talla

    Talla

    01967HD

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

    Talla
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1973
    Four Wall Duration

    Four Wall Duration

    Four Wall Duration

    01973HD

    Four simple changing colour loops are projected continuously into the corners of a gallery space - a form of site specific film sculpture. film-loop...

    Four Wall Duration