The exhibition at the serpentine gallery is of work by British artist Anthony McCall. McCall has a "cross-disciplinary practice in which film, sculpture, installation, drawing and performance overlap." A key figure in the avant-garde London Film-makers Co-operative in the 1970s, his earliest films are documents of outdoor performances that were notable for their minimal use of the elements, most notably fire.
The exhibition consists of 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. In these works, the artist sought to deconstruct cinema by reducing film to its principle components of time and light and removing the screen entirely as the prescribed surface for projection. The works also shift the relationship of the audience to film, as viewers become participants, their bodies intersecting and modifying the transitory forms. 
The exhibition was supported by the concept sketches and drawings produced by McCall. Experience was a big key to the success of the exhibition, for me personally. The way the projections of light reacted to people passing through them was captivating to watch.
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