Malcolm LE GRICE b. 1940
Castle Two, 1968
High definition back and white video (from original 16mm) with sound, double projection. With 16mm film.
Run time: 32 minutes
The film is made of found film sequences which touch the themes of paranoia, the cold war and the Vietnam war. This film continues to explore the psychological impact upon...
The film is made of found film sequences which touch the themes of paranoia, the cold war and the Vietnam war.
This film continues to explore the psychological impact upon the individual that began with Castle 1, this time by approaching military and industrial complexities. Like Castle 1, much use is made of newsreel montage.
This film is more thematic and narrative than Castle 1, but still relies on formal devices, which build up to a fast barrage of images: the two screens further split - to give 4 separate images at once for one sequence. Certain key images and sounds emerge and repeat themselves within the film.
“The alienation of the viewer's involvement does not occur as often in this film as in Castle 1, but the concern with the viewer's experience of his present location still determines the structure of certain passages in the film” (Malcolm Le Grice, London Film-Makers' Co-operative catalogue, 1968).
This film continues to explore the psychological impact upon the individual that began with Castle 1, this time by approaching military and industrial complexities. Like Castle 1, much use is made of newsreel montage.
This film is more thematic and narrative than Castle 1, but still relies on formal devices, which build up to a fast barrage of images: the two screens further split - to give 4 separate images at once for one sequence. Certain key images and sounds emerge and repeat themselves within the film.
“The alienation of the viewer's involvement does not occur as often in this film as in Castle 1, but the concern with the viewer's experience of his present location still determines the structure of certain passages in the film” (Malcolm Le Grice, London Film-Makers' Co-operative catalogue, 1968).
Exhibitions
1968. Malcolm Le Grice: Location? Duration, Arts Laboratory Drury Lane, London, UK
1973. Filmaktion, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
1974.Projekt '74, Cologne, Germany
1976.Arte Inglese Oggi, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
1977.Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany
1977.Film als Film, Cologne, Berlin and Essen, Germany
1979.Film as Film, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
2000.Live in Your Head, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
2002. Shoot Shoot Shoot, Tate Modern, London (touring), UK
Literature
Le Grice, Malcolm,London Film-Makers' Co-operative catalogue, 1968 (accessed from Lux website: http://www.lux.org.uk/collection/works/castle-two)