Nicky Hamlyn Movies

  • 1998
    Matrix

    Matrix

    Matrix

    6.9221998HD

    The film is composed of receding planes in a landscape: a back garden and the houses beyond. The wooden lattice fence, visible in the image, marks...

    Matrix
  • 2012
    Michigan Central Station

    Michigan Central Station

    Michigan Central Station

    02012HD

    A single time-lapse shot of the abandoned Michigan Central Station in Detroit. Recording subtle changes in light as it pierces the hollow skeleton of...

    Michigan Central Station
  • 2007
    Four Toronto Films

    Four Toronto Films

    Four Toronto Films

    02007HD

    Static shots with moving shadow of the tripod, including the shooting camera, are shifting through the film about direct association between an...

    Four Toronto Films
  • 2010
    Tobacco Shed

    Tobacco Shed

    Tobacco Shed

    02010HD

    Tobacco Shed is one of a series of films based on agricultural buildings, mostly concerned with tobacco production, in northwest Umbria.

    Tobacco Shed
  • 1977
    Open Door: The Other Cinema

    Open Door: The Other Cinema

    Open Door: The Other Cinema

    01977HD

    Avant-garde appeal on behalf of and made by the adventurous leftist London cinema, The Other Cinema, using the facilities provided by the BBC...

    Open Door: The Other Cinema
  • 2020
    Kerfissien-Amlodipine

    Kerfissien-Amlodipine

    Kerfissien-Amlodipine

    02020HD

    The work is constructed from shots of tidal seawater running over rippled sand and the blister pack for Amlodipine, a blood-pressure reducing drug.

    Kerfissien-Amlodipine
  • 2007
    Quartet

    Quartet

    Quartet

    02007HD

    A sequence of twenty three shots of a room occurs four times, twice in colour, twice in black and white. The two colour sequences follow a strict...

    Quartet
  • 1979
    Guesswork

    Guesswork

    Guesswork

    01979HD

    Details, fragments, transformations and shadows of a confined space.

    Guesswork
  • 1975
    Silver Street

    Silver Street

    Silver Street

    01975HD

    Silver Street was shot in a single day from my student house in Reading, Berkshire, where I studied Fine Art. Shots were made indoors and outdoors...

    Silver Street
  • 1970
    Polytunnels

    Polytunnels

    Polytunnels

    01970HD

    Polytunnels was filmed in the Upper Tiber Valley, a tobacco growing area in central Italy. Tobacco is still produced there but the EU subsidies end...

    Polytunnels
  • 2008
    Sequences and Interruptions

    Sequences and Interruptions

    Sequences and Interruptions

    02008HD

    A study in texture and rhythm, made with the painter Angela Allen.

    Sequences and Interruptions
  • 2005
    Panni

    Panni

    Panni

    02005HD

    Panni is a visually arresting work in its formal structure and visual expression of colors. The subject matter of the film is a row of bed sheets...

    Panni
  • 2012
    Ernest Atkinson Park

    Ernest Atkinson Park

    Ernest Atkinson Park

    02012HD

    A short shot made in a children’s playground in Windsor, Ontario, is cut into three-frame sections, each of which is looped for ten seconds....

    Ernest Atkinson Park
  • 2021
    Passaporta

    Passaporta

    Passaporta

    02021HD

    A chronological study of the view from a single window onto the skylight of Passaporta, a bookshop in Brussels. Shot over eighteen months and making...

    Passaporta
  • 2014
    Light Licks: Pardes: Drowned Hat Rescue Media City Motown Jump

    Light Licks: Pardes: Drowned Hat Rescue Media City Motown Jump

    Light Licks: Pardes: Drowned Hat Rescue Media City Motown Jump

    02014HD

    Light Licks: Pardes: Drowned Hat Rescue Media City Motown Jump
  • 2012
    Red Green

    Red Green

    Red Green

    02012HD

    A study in contrast, colour and moiré pattern in a public park in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The film connects with a series of paintings by...

    Red Green
  • 2012
    East Croydon

    East Croydon

    East Croydon

    02012HD

    A short shot made from a train traveling from south to north through East Croydon station is cut into three-frame sections, each of which is looped...

    East Croydon
  • 2005
    Object Studies

    Object Studies

    Object Studies

    02005HD

    A sequence of short films, each based on a dominant colour. Extensive use of time-lapse and frame by frame filming generates scintillating...

    Object Studies
  • 2012
    Place Vauban

    Place Vauban

    Place Vauban

    02012HD

    A video work by Nicky Hamlyn

    Place Vauban
  • 1996
    White Light

    White Light

    White Light

    01996HD

    White Light consists of extreme close-up shots of chrome bath taps and their reflections, including the camera lens, which becomes its own subject,...

    White Light