1, zone B 28 Kensington Street
Brighton, England BN1 4AJ

Berlin Horse - Malcolm Le Grice
Music by Brian Eno

Exhibition preview: Sunday 02 May at 4-6pm / Free entry / with refreshments
Exhibition: Open: 04 - 30 May, Tue - Sun (closed Mon) 11am - 6pm.
Entry: Free
(There may be a small wait to see the film, as numbers are restricted into the exhibition space)
Artist talk: 2.30pm, Sunday 02 May. Entry: £5. Please click here to book your ticket
Malcolm Le Grice will present previous films and will talk about his work.
At: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton, BN1 4AJ



Berlin Horse is based on two sequences – one shot originally in 8mm and re-filmed in 16mm - the other a piece of found early newsreel. The common subject is horses - a horse being exercised and horses being led from a burning stable. Le Grice made Berlin Horse in 1970, with both visual sequences being treated at the London Film Makers Cooperative.

The 8mm sequence was shot in the village of Berlin near Hamburg, northern Germany. It was re-filmed from the screen running the film at different speeds and directions and with the camera at different angles. Later it was re-coloured using theatrical lighting gelatins in the film-printer and subject to multiple superimposition. It was finally combined with early newsreel of horses being led from a burning barn. It is a poetic drama where the sequence of image transformations and the 'narratives' are integrated as the content. The sound is an original track by Brian Eno.

Berlin Horse is exhibited at Lighthouse in a continuous loop in the gallery space. The film is 9 minutes in length.
http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/whatson/berlinhorse.htm

Added by emma at lighthouse on April 23, 2010