E.1027: Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea
Part of The Stories We Tell presented by Leeds Heritage Theatres. Explore the programme now.
E.1027 is a cinematic journey into the mind of Eileen Gray. A story about the power of female expression and men’s desire to control it.
Eileen Gray had a truly eminent sense of design. The Irish artist and architect created some of the most iconic furniture of the 20th century, so when she focused her unique artistic vision on developing a house for herself on the Riviera in 1929, the result was a modernist triumph. A house and a work of art in one, overlooking the sun-sparkled infinity of the Mediterranean. The house is named E.1027, a cryptic contraction of the names of Gray and her lover, Romanian architect Jean Badovici. But when the Swiss-French star architect Le Corbusier learns of the house, he becomes obsessed, perhaps because Gray breathes light, air, and soul into her building, which is not just a machine to live in.
E.1027: Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea reconstructs the dramatic story of Gray and the house that Le Corbusier amazingly managed to convince the world he had built himself. A stunningly beautiful and cinematic docufiction where the inspiration from Gray is present in lines, colours and shapes.
Event information
Running times: 1hr 29mins
Certificate: 15
