She built the house for herself. Unfortunately, it became a masterpiece. Eileen Gray’s white villa by the shimmering Mediterranean was a tribute to love—a love that collapsed soon after the house was completed. When star architect Le Corbusier visited the villa, he became obsessed with its perfect form and, against Gray’s will, painted massive frescoes on its walls. E.1027 is a grand hybrid film combining theater, archival footage, and newly filmed scenes from the house on the French Riviera. A story about a woman’s artistic power and a man’s attempt to dominate it.
On Tuesday the 4th, E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea is screened at ArkDes, in Moderna Museets cinema with an introduction by Frida Rosenberg, Curator at ArkDes.