Vincent Grenier Movies

  • 2018
    Commute

    Commute

    Commute

    02018HD

    Distinct fields on the same screen, foreground each other, invite comparisons, between different times and spaces, and the constructed and natural...

    Commute
  • 1975
    Catch

    Catch

    Catch

    01975HD

    "Catch is a fragmented observation on hidden reflective surfaces, the corner of a dormant television screen, a window..." —Mike Reynolds

    Catch
  • 2002
    Here

    Here

    Here

    02002HD

    A boy’s phantasmagoric world of heroes is captured in layers of light and hues. This video, humorously and poetically juggles ideas about make...

    Here
  • 1984
    Tremors

    Tremors

    Tremors

    01984HD

    Tall buildings and cars are shot through the Kinemacolor process, variable color filters and a water lens. Sturdiness jousts with fragility, past...

    Tremors
  • 1990
    You

    You

    You

    6.11990HD

    I had been looking for someone's unnerving encounter, that conversation that one just couldn't get out of their head, the kind of event that leaves...

    You
  • 2011
    Tableaux Vivants

    Tableaux Vivants

    Tableaux Vivants

    02011HD

    A rumination on cinematic time reversals as versatile continuums. Re-discovering the outdoors as (a stage) set where the natural is made to pose as...

    Tableaux Vivants
  • 2015
    Intersection

    Intersection

    Intersection

    02015HD

    On the corner of Brooktondale Rd and route 79 near Ithaca is an amazing planting of Forget-Me-Nots and Dandelions. An improbable dance between...

    Intersection
  • 2000
    Winter Collection

    Winter Collection

    Winter Collection

    02000HD

    This video was originally shot in Hi 8 on a winter day in 1992, the last day Ithacans could have their dry garbage and cast-offs hauled away for free...

    Winter Collection
  • 2021
    Wishbone

    Wishbone

    Wishbone

    02021HD

    A product of the pandemic, Grenier's new film brings the outdoors in, with curious results.

    Wishbone
  • 2022
    Moonrise

    Moonrise

    Moonrise

    02022HD

    In the playful and hypnotic miniature Moonrise, avant-garde luminary Vincent Grenier sets falling rain and its sweeping pock-filled shadows to an...

    Moonrise
  • 1976
    While Revolved

    While Revolved

    While Revolved

    01976HD

    (This film has been referred to as both White Revolved and While Revolved.) Project at 18 fps. This film is concerned with the projected, not just...

    While Revolved
  • 2014
    de-icing

    de-icing

    de-icing

    02014HD

    Energetic audio montage finely re-contextualizes and layers framed displays of giant mechanized insect spouting heat and liquids.

    de-icing
  • 1987
    Time’s Wake (Once Removed)

    Time’s Wake (Once Removed)

    Time’s Wake (Once Removed)

    01987HD

    Described as "a collection of 'windows' on a personal past" "Time's Wake (Once Removed)" incorporates material from an earlier version. On the...

    Time’s Wake (Once Removed)
  • 1991
    Out in the Garden

    Out in the Garden

    Out in the Garden

    01991HD

    A film about the dynamic of assumptions as seen through the struggle of a gay man who has recently been told that he is HIV positive and who, in his...

    Out in the Garden
  • 1974
    Window Wind Chimes: Part 1

    Window Wind Chimes: Part 1

    Window Wind Chimes: Part 1

    01974HD

    "'Window Wind Chimes' explores in semi-documentary manner the interrelationship between Vincent Grenier and his wife Ann Knutson in the environment...

    Window Wind Chimes: Part 1
  • 2013
    Watercolor (Fall Creek)

    Watercolor (Fall Creek)

    Watercolor (Fall Creek)

    02013HD

    Water flows under two bridges, or so it may appear. Since the advent of the industrial age, there has been a heated dialogue regarding the...

    Watercolor (Fall Creek)
  • 1978
    Interieur Interiors (To A-K)

    Interieur Interiors (To A-K)

    Interieur Interiors (To A-K)

    01978HD

    Changes of spatial relationships, scales, locations, and materials are intimated with recognisable clues which nevertheless do not always eliminate...

    Interieur Interiors (To A-K)
  • 1976
    World in Focus

    World in Focus

    World in Focus

    01976HD

    In “World in Focus,” the screen becomes the two-dimensional support of an amazingly versatile three-dimensional object (an atlas) which...

    World in Focus
  • 1972
    Honey Moon Lane

    Honey Moon Lane

    Honey Moon Lane

    01972HD

    Inspired by dreams and nightmares, Honey Moon Lane unfolds with a series of absurdist entanglements in the heterosexual love life of a man and his...

    Honey Moon Lane
  • 2009
    Straight Lines

    Straight Lines

    Straight Lines

    02009HD

    A black-and-white collage in motion. Shadowy projections and solids layered.

    Straight Lines