Anthony McCall’s Solid Light Films

Friday, August 14, 2009 | 8pm | $5

This Friday at 8pm sharp, there will be a rare opportunity to see two of Anthony McCall’s solid light films, Line Describing a Cone (1973) and Conical Solid (1974). If you haven’t seen these, you’re missing out on a real treat. The device of these films is deceptively simple – a projected white dot that slowly grows over thirty minutes into a circular line on the facing wall, eventually filling the dark space with a conical “volume” whose vivid corporality is a beguiling trick of light and atmosphere – but the result is a stunningly beautiful examination of the essentially sculptural quality of the cinematic apparatus.