This 3-volume set brings together for the first time the complete film works of Jack Chambers (1931-78), largely regarded as one of Canada’s most important visual artists. With a well-established career as a painter, he embarked on a short-lived but significant career as a filmmaker in the mid-1960s. Chambers’ artistic practice was described as “perceptual realism” and stood in counterpoint to the dominant abstract styles of his day. He completed five films in his lifetime.
 
Volume One
 
Mosaic
Canada / 9:00 / 1965 / sound / b/w
 
Hybrid
U.S.A. / 15:00 / 1966 / silent / colour
 
R34
U.S.A. / 26:00 / 1967 / sound / colour
 
Circle
Canada / 28:00 / 1969 / sound / colour
 
Volume Two
 
The Hart of London
Canada / 1:19:00 / 1970 / sound / colour
 
Volume Three
 
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
Canada / 25:00 / 1965
 
Chambers: Tracks and Gestures
Chris Lowry & John Walker
Canada / 56:50 / 1982 / sound / colour
 
THE JACK CHAMBERS FILM PROJECT
Christopher Doty
Canada / 48:00 / 2004