British artist Anthony McCall (born 1946) has a cross-disciplinary practice in which film, sculpture, installation, drawing and performance overlap.
These works are simple projections that strikingly emphasise the sculptural qualities of a beam of light. In darkened, haze-filled rooms, the projections create an illusion of three-dimensional shapes, ellipses, waves and flat planes that gradually expand, contract or sweep through space.
"Visualise the Invisible: I have just discovered the work of Anthony McCall - This kind of effect is what I was trying to describe - I like the ethereal feel - it could be manipulated or implemented in many ways- perhaps incorporating a flickering effect as Immo's Video demonstrated. I loved the mesmeric quality." - Sally Butterfield
Line Describing a Cone 1973
Installation view at the Musée de Rochechouart, 2007
Solid light installation, 30 minutes 16 mm film projector, haze machine3
Long Film for Four Projectors 1974
Installation view
Solid light installation in five-and-a-half-hour cycles
Four 16 mm film projectors, two haze machines
Between You and I 2006
Installation view at Peer/The Round Chapel,
London, 2006
Vertical solid light installation, 32-minute cycle in two parts
Computer, QuickTime movie file, two video projectors, two haze machines
Anthony McCall: Website
http://www.anthonymccall.com/pg1.html
Serpentine gallery: Anthony McCall
http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2007/04/anthony_mccalldecember_2007_ja.html
Anthony McCall: Film Installations
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/html/e/page.php?NumPage=507
Tate Parers:
http://www.tate.org.uk/research/tateresearch/tatepapers/07autumn/godfreymccall.htm
Tate test shots: Line drawing a cone video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-HWsxPnNNY
Line Drawing a Cone: Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vr_lYSTfIo
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