https://leanderkalil.com M. Leander Kalil Sun, 23 Nov 2025 15:03:00 +0000 https://leanderkalil.com en https://leanderkalil.com/Overview Sat, 30 Dec 2023 14:58:56 +0000 M. Leander Kalil https://leanderkalil.com/Overview Water Tricks short film 2027 An exiled princess receives strange gifts on her 34th, 35th, and 36th birthdays. &nbsp; (Currently in post-production) Written, directed, produced by M. Leander Kalil View stills and credits <img width="3024" height="1964" width_o="3024" height_o="1964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/566f5364bd1c9ed0d59b7d9c1811b551eb9464524279a6c328638920c537eb73/Screenshot-2025-10-19-at-3.31.03pm.png" data-mid="253445485" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/566f5364bd1c9ed0d59b7d9c1811b551eb9464524279a6c328638920c537eb73/Screenshot-2025-10-19-at-3.31.03pm.png" /> Four Apples short opera 2026 Three friends fight over four apples they discover upon a mysterious table in a field at night. (Currently in development) 21 and 22 November 2026 Salle Paul-Buissonneau Centre Calixa-Lavallée Montréal Music, design, direction by M. Leander Kalil Starring Lucy Nichols, Julie Santini, M. Leander Kalil Text by Vinny Francois Costumes, Creative Assistance: Elaf Wehbe Stage Manager: Emma Yee Presented in the Creative Differences festival Moment Theatre Collective Poster photograph and design by M. Leander Kalil <img width="4500" height="8000" width_o="4500" height_o="8000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0761565031e82328200cbd539c1206313cdc571396458daab586423e563bb070/Four-Apples_Kalil_Poster_V1_Long_Truly-Final.jpg" data-mid="253774427" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0761565031e82328200cbd539c1206313cdc571396458daab586423e563bb070/Four-Apples_Kalil_Poster_V1_Long_Truly-Final.jpg" /> Florentine short semi-opera 2026 After recalling a strange medieval dream, an insomniac realizes he must have finally gotten some sleep. 8 and 9 August 2026 Théâtre VME Montréal View video, rehearsal shots, and credits <img width="2000" height="1332" width_o="2000" height_o="1332" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/957f5e56c73d75563aa5a2c3a771a9d19c73f517a60f8c3be0aaa1e8d5083e2b/goodfellow_81.jpg" data-mid="254003758" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/957f5e56c73d75563aa5a2c3a771a9d19c73f517a60f8c3be0aaa1e8d5083e2b/goodfellow_81.jpg" /> Release of a Bodily Fluid essay 2026 A reflection on jokes and laughter.&nbsp; Published in print in Dispatches 06 Read online&nbsp; <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc05a43e03268e1fccc6cdb4989cccacc84af06e60873938f8a3340f15f408c5/IMG_5373_corrected.jpg" data-mid="244388696" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc05a43e03268e1fccc6cdb4989cccacc84af06e60873938f8a3340f15f408c5/IMG_5373_corrected.jpg" /> Beach House architecture 2024 A design for a house on a hill on a tropical island. View drawings <img width="9776" height="7470" width_o="9776" height_o="7470" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53af03fab22cb3301ea8476a15d737ab459fcdf3fa631565169dbb79a042acb9/5066_4.jpg" data-mid="226450546" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53af03fab22cb3301ea8476a15d737ab459fcdf3fa631565169dbb79a042acb9/5066_4.jpg" /> Figural Studies Sculpture 2024 Males, females, finials, bath. Materials used are clay, plaster, and stone. View sculptures <img width="2151" height="1554" width_o="2151" height_o="1554" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/550addba4d858e7d0727c8c912a1f6864afbda8fa3cdc90ae7ffa578df102a65/Orb_cropped-and-corrected.jpg" data-mid="200447262" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/550addba4d858e7d0727c8c912a1f6864afbda8fa3cdc90ae7ffa578df102a65/Orb_cropped-and-corrected.jpg" /> A Counter Furniture 2024 A counter made of wood. View photos <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/47e8d0b2a6ad954633fd08ba9b373e24da19922268307ef2ddd13a6a321ea084/IMG_2126.jpg" data-mid="213417469" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/47e8d0b2a6ad954633fd08ba9b373e24da19922268307ef2ddd13a6a321ea084/IMG_2126.jpg" /> Playing With Openings Essay 2024 An exploration of the phenomenon of “composition”. Read essay <img width="3554" height="2382" width_o="3554" height_o="2382" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b36ef2d2623cbb3785de436252c26d0e7ee39f9283cbfdf590fbb136c4f98d9/Materese.jpeg" data-mid="210059957" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b36ef2d2623cbb3785de436252c26d0e7ee39f9283cbfdf590fbb136c4f98d9/Materese.jpeg" /> Chambre Pieces Short Film, Photography 2020 Take a tour of a vast and mysterious complex. The photograph to the right, taken at Villa D’Este in Tivoli, Italy,&nbsp; is one of the forty 35mm prints treated with tricks of water, light, and collage to create this movie. Watch movie <img width="4416" height="2805" width_o="4416" height_o="2805" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb842c2fe005c76dfcbf40fd474feda8ac98f7d26b17e69f7f37b727e08ba0e4/img20230618_15474120_darkened.jpg" data-mid="200448768" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb842c2fe005c76dfcbf40fd474feda8ac98f7d26b17e69f7f37b727e08ba0e4/img20230618_15474120_darkened.jpg" /> Chamber Music Short opera, Architecture 2019 The lives of a dying matron of a sanitorium, her foundling son, a dejected king, and his puckish augur intertwine around a polymorphous folly. View trailer, stills, and credits <img width="4892" height="3906" width_o="4892" height_o="3906" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56dd89b641f760caad8dcb98aa87cc3f8323ff4cc4063bb3e95ee020b4db9cad/Folly-Frontal-Axo-and-Section_cropped_smaller.jpg" data-mid="200449153" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56dd89b641f760caad8dcb98aa87cc3f8323ff4cc4063bb3e95ee020b4db9cad/Folly-Frontal-Axo-and-Section_cropped_smaller.jpg" /> Civilization Cycle Linocut prints 2015 A series of prints; figures at play among walls, stairs, portals, and plants. View works <img width="837" height="1206" width_o="837" height_o="1206" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4e4a84a7af1aaab5fb27a1dd7483fa3e5e014f223d752104e995ada12cd8654/03ASpellonSix.jpg" data-mid="203791563" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/837/i/b4e4a84a7af1aaab5fb27a1dd7483fa3e5e014f223d752104e995ada12cd8654/03ASpellonSix.jpg" /> All material on this website is&nbsp;© Matthew Leander Kalil unless otherwise stated or implied through credits. https://leanderkalil.com/Water-Tricks Sun, 23 Nov 2025 15:03:00 +0000 M. Leander Kalil https://leanderkalil.com/Water-Tricks WATER TRICKS <img width="3024" height="1964" width_o="3024" height_o="1964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8da705dd0fd365ab92ca2a1cdab434d49dba3173fb447a1d3577afa5e2021c19/Ingrid-s-orange_corrected.jpg" data-mid="240997136" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8da705dd0fd365ab92ca2a1cdab434d49dba3173fb447a1d3577afa5e2021c19/Ingrid-s-orange_corrected.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="1964" width_o="3024" height_o="1964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/465826d3f2df55a91551e41e6fc16682dcebed5a76e9b49a37dfb27ac36d23ed/Nellie-and-Simon-Smell-Orange_corrected.jpg" data-mid="240997137" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/465826d3f2df55a91551e41e6fc16682dcebed5a76e9b49a37dfb27ac36d23ed/Nellie-and-Simon-Smell-Orange_corrected.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="1964" width_o="3024" height_o="1964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04d431b578b4927cc386c11eeb788c7db687207ec6616a212cfa291508d4e094/Screenshot-2025-10-20-at-2.09.56pm.png" data-mid="241248998" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/04d431b578b4927cc386c11eeb788c7db687207ec6616a212cfa291508d4e094/Screenshot-2025-10-20-at-2.09.56pm.png" /> <img width="3024" height="1964" width_o="3024" height_o="1964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eadd36220809beb3dcdf0f6ee008177e00275fa3870989c2281f6e32bf8cb810/Screenshot-2025-08-11-at-9.22.23am.jpg" data-mid="241248926" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eadd36220809beb3dcdf0f6ee008177e00275fa3870989c2281f6e32bf8cb810/Screenshot-2025-08-11-at-9.22.23am.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="1964" width_o="3024" height_o="1964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65b2946d0e47cd2123d6483a0556e8bca5d0ca0a8262320aafbafe8f0932beb9/Screenshot-2025-10-19-at-3.31.03pm.png" data-mid="241248925" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/65b2946d0e47cd2123d6483a0556e8bca5d0ca0a8262320aafbafe8f0932beb9/Screenshot-2025-10-19-at-3.31.03pm.png" /> <img width="3024" height="1964" width_o="3024" height_o="1964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af64a739ef9c3dfe3f29bb5c55b5d51afae83be4125f758e0c1b073a1faf1707/Screenshot-2025-10-20-at-2.19.37pm.png" data-mid="253454004" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af64a739ef9c3dfe3f29bb5c55b5d51afae83be4125f758e0c1b073a1faf1707/Screenshot-2025-10-20-at-2.19.37pm.png" /> <img width="3024" height="1964" width_o="3024" height_o="1964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3598c26a354eb994dd3952e4b920357a49aa9c7662b82d38025a817be3e75c93/Screenshot-2025-10-20-at-2.20.55pm.png" data-mid="241248997" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3598c26a354eb994dd3952e4b920357a49aa9c7662b82d38025a817be3e75c93/Screenshot-2025-10-20-at-2.20.55pm.png" /> <img width="3024" height="1964" width_o="3024" height_o="1964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4babbf61703b18e8b28a18b331ba4cc9b02596c90edf43a46f37db57e7314011/Screenshot-2025-11-30-at-8.17.37pm.png" data-mid="241248949" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4babbf61703b18e8b28a18b331ba4cc9b02596c90edf43a46f37db57e7314011/Screenshot-2025-11-30-at-8.17.37pm.png" /> <img width="3024" height="1964" width_o="3024" height_o="1964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fef3197c097b7f3d503d7b5724bd02bacddd9e77d6b28ae862d2beb0893a6a36/Screenshot-2025-10-20-at-2.53.25pm.png" data-mid="241248996" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fef3197c097b7f3d503d7b5724bd02bacddd9e77d6b28ae862d2beb0893a6a36/Screenshot-2025-10-20-at-2.53.25pm.png" /> An exiled princess receives strange gifts on her 34th, 35th, and 36th birthdays.Shot on 16mm colour in July 2025; currently in post-production and scheduled for release Spring 2027. Writer, composer, director, producerM. Leander Kalil Cast Olivia Norrmén-SmithMatias ContalDara NajmabadiRosalind Jay Simon PetepieceNellie Jalal-ZadehDavid SwitchenkoMehdi Latifian Director of photography William Albu Production designerM. Leander KalilArt director Angela Cho Costume designerSophie Edell Production managersMax HolzbergCamille Lavallée-Prairie First assistant directorGabrielle Écuyer Prop master Katrina Jurjans Script supervisor Sophie Edell GafferPascale Dulude-de Broin Key gripHugo Roy SwingTristain Alain Sound recordistGiulio Trejo Martinez Boom operatorPaloma Daris-Bécotte Hair &amp; Makeup Ana-Maria DirdaraPost-production SupervisorMax Holzberg Musical Supervisor, Score Engineer Tyler Semrick-PalmateerScript consultantsOlivia Norrmén-Smith &amp; Przemek Piwek Location management &amp; cateringKim Kalil Executive producerAngela Cho Production consultantJoyce Joumaa Associate ProducerAlana Friend-LettnerThis project is funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and is being realized with the support of the Aide de la création award of PRIM. <img width="577" height="106" width_o="577" height_o="106" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6317ad23a33db272a8c557098c8663e9e7544451a2f5f3a8a8493c4b6bdfa385/CCA_RGB_black_f.jpg" data-mid="241079420" border="0" data-scale="39" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/577/i/6317ad23a33db272a8c557098c8663e9e7544451a2f5f3a8a8493c4b6bdfa385/CCA_RGB_black_f.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="1952" height="1026" width_o="1952" height_o="1026" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8bbf8d0913fa17feff85627997bb4b2d222a0edc2020bd645ce98c3e4f95b197/PRIM_Logo_Noir_RGB.png" data-mid="251484125" border="0" data-scale="25" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8bbf8d0913fa17feff85627997bb4b2d222a0edc2020bd645ce98c3e4f95b197/PRIM_Logo_Noir_RGB.png" /> https://leanderkalil.com/Four-Rooms Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:31:17 +0000 M. Leander Kalil https://leanderkalil.com/Four-Rooms <img width="3574" height="5836" width_o="3574" height_o="5836" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b08228ca50b7d18aea41a695d4ae8ae579309e459a33d057bd7e9f48b62274c3/Four-Rooms_Cards_Bed_Impression-1_bw.jpg" data-mid="235015333" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b08228ca50b7d18aea41a695d4ae8ae579309e459a33d057bd7e9f48b62274c3/Four-Rooms_Cards_Bed_Impression-1_bw.jpg" /> <img width="3531" height="5808" width_o="3531" height_o="5808" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1372b01262b4e2d81780428271e4d5f21441ad367977a7caee604c94f14b062/Four-Rooms_Cards_Bath_Impression-1_bw.jpg" data-mid="235015323" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1372b01262b4e2d81780428271e4d5f21441ad367977a7caee604c94f14b062/Four-Rooms_Cards_Bath_Impression-1_bw.jpg" /> <img width="3507" height="5809" width_o="3507" height_o="5809" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89fbc79432cacb8d0c6774df933617ca6324a7c7b406e1c6d872a6296ac54f1b/Four-Rooms_Cards_Table_Impression-1_bw.jpg" data-mid="235015336" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89fbc79432cacb8d0c6774df933617ca6324a7c7b406e1c6d872a6296ac54f1b/Four-Rooms_Cards_Table_Impression-1_bw.jpg" /> <img width="3541" height="5828" width_o="3541" height_o="5828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b465ba6d7a8dc73ab7da4b9d955f2c9b8613863c8c194df11308ac279fcca6a0/Four-Rooms_Cards_Sofa_Impression-1_bw.jpg" data-mid="235015334" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b465ba6d7a8dc73ab7da4b9d955f2c9b8613863c8c194df11308ac279fcca6a0/Four-Rooms_Cards_Sofa_Impression-1_bw.jpg" /> <img width="3531" height="5808" width_o="3531" height_o="5808" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1372b01262b4e2d81780428271e4d5f21441ad367977a7caee604c94f14b062/Four-Rooms_Cards_Bath_Impression-1_bw.jpg" data-mid="235015323" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1372b01262b4e2d81780428271e4d5f21441ad367977a7caee604c94f14b062/Four-Rooms_Cards_Bath_Impression-1_bw.jpg" /> <img width="3574" height="5836" width_o="3574" height_o="5836" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b08228ca50b7d18aea41a695d4ae8ae579309e459a33d057bd7e9f48b62274c3/Four-Rooms_Cards_Bed_Impression-1_bw.jpg" data-mid="235015333" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b08228ca50b7d18aea41a695d4ae8ae579309e459a33d057bd7e9f48b62274c3/Four-Rooms_Cards_Bed_Impression-1_bw.jpg" /> <img width="3541" height="5828" width_o="3541" height_o="5828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b465ba6d7a8dc73ab7da4b9d955f2c9b8613863c8c194df11308ac279fcca6a0/Four-Rooms_Cards_Sofa_Impression-1_bw.jpg" data-mid="235015334" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b465ba6d7a8dc73ab7da4b9d955f2c9b8613863c8c194df11308ac279fcca6a0/Four-Rooms_Cards_Sofa_Impression-1_bw.jpg" /> <img width="3507" height="5809" width_o="3507" height_o="5809" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89fbc79432cacb8d0c6774df933617ca6324a7c7b406e1c6d872a6296ac54f1b/Four-Rooms_Cards_Table_Impression-1_bw.jpg" data-mid="235015336" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89fbc79432cacb8d0c6774df933617ca6324a7c7b406e1c6d872a6296ac54f1b/Four-Rooms_Cards_Table_Impression-1_bw.jpg" /> Four Rooms2025 These are four linocut prints produced for the installation Four Rooms by the Toronto collective Elsewhere (Katrina Jurjans, Nellie Jalal Zadeh, Mehdi Latifian), exhibited at Gallery 1888 in Toronto. The four-chapter installation was an exploration of what Elsewhere calls the “four cardinal domestic quarters”. The installation held the four quarters in simultaneity, but each week one of the four was made predominant through cinematic, musical, and practical effects. Concordant with this, and echoeing the Tarot, each week one of the four cards was offered to visitors. https://leanderkalil.com/Beach-House Wed, 12 Feb 2025 01:28:24 +0000 M. Leander Kalil https://leanderkalil.com/Beach-House A BEACH HOUSE2024 The house was to be built on a 26’-high plateau clearing in a forest on a beachfront site. The land featured coconut palms, banana trees, papaya, avocado, and lots of shrubs. The house was to be made of timber and natural fibre blocks finished in white concrete, and was to have floors and structural and ornamental elements,&nbsp; such as the spheric finials topping the columns of the loggia, made of limestone and volcanic rock, largely reused from excavation of the terrain. The ground floor would feature two zones, one with a large open space containing the kitchen, a dining area, and a living room, and the other with a common bathroom and the master suite. The upper floor would have four suites served by a single corridor. The bathrooms of the two inner suites would receive light from the dormers above, whereas the bathrooms of the two outer suites would receive light from wall apertures, giving the opportunity to put sleeping lofts above them. The upper suites share a continuous balcony partitioned with curtains and potted plants.The house opens with its loggia over its grounds, which feature a courtyard with a small swimming pool, an outdoor kitchen, and a grove circumscribed by a curved wall, which is actually an extension of the wall constituting the house’s leeward façade, and a staircase carved into the limestone down the shrubby slope leading to the forest and beyond the forest the beach. &nbsp; The project was cancelled, and the design and these drawings stand unfinished. <img width="6055" height="4205" width_o="6055" height_o="4205" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2d04766ba69111680349b9d4125cf83e676f8b2507665034a2bdf185579ee76/5460_1-copy_Cropped.jpg" data-mid="253452497" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c2d04766ba69111680349b9d4125cf83e676f8b2507665034a2bdf185579ee76/5460_1-copy_Cropped.jpg" /><img width="9776" height="7470" width_o="9776" height_o="7470" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4a9c40fe26d027ca1d124f9c27c20ca645c1a83d0448d6294239c98c90e0862/5066_4.jpg" data-mid="226450217" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4a9c40fe26d027ca1d124f9c27c20ca645c1a83d0448d6294239c98c90e0862/5066_4.jpg" /><img width="9893" height="7400" width_o="9893" height_o="7400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bef26320e54351b972bf81ee8e42746e776334ea6fb20f9dfb3aef2c058a9c6d/5461_1.jpg" data-mid="226450219" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bef26320e54351b972bf81ee8e42746e776334ea6fb20f9dfb3aef2c058a9c6d/5461_1.jpg" /><img width="9881" height="7423" width_o="9881" height_o="7423" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95a2f29dd1c06f2aa787a5b0fccf79244653afa3b76983b663ac430fdc523e44/4917_5.jpg" data-mid="226450216" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95a2f29dd1c06f2aa787a5b0fccf79244653afa3b76983b663ac430fdc523e44/4917_5.jpg" /><img width="9887" height="7390" width_o="9887" height_o="7390" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/925735851502bbcd202bfad9bafa1d3e4c06b25cc870b2f71da6beaad2067bb3/Hooper-s-Bay_north-elevation-and-section.jpg" data-mid="226450220" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/925735851502bbcd202bfad9bafa1d3e4c06b25cc870b2f71da6beaad2067bb3/Hooper-s-Bay_north-elevation-and-section.jpg" /><img width="3601" height="2433" width_o="3601" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/456f9e06d4e43a2ef8fe64ff8ffcd61606086dce628f747ff3ad0af80b650376/R1-07531-0009.JPG" data-mid="253537355" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/456f9e06d4e43a2ef8fe64ff8ffcd61606086dce628f747ff3ad0af80b650376/R1-07531-0009.JPG" /> https://leanderkalil.com/Reclined-female Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:50:48 +0000 M. Leander Kalil https://leanderkalil.com/Reclined-female FIGURAL STUDIES 2024 These small sculptures are made respectively of fired clay, air -drying clay, plaster, and stone. <img width="2576" height="4592" width_o="2576" height_o="4592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e802f157ea640d188aeffc59a6d7c2735fd51f8de2fd4afeeddb02d7bbf5a26/DSC09600.jpg" data-mid="253623349" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e802f157ea640d188aeffc59a6d7c2735fd51f8de2fd4afeeddb02d7bbf5a26/DSC09600.jpg" /> <img width="2576" height="4592" width_o="2576" height_o="4592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1cd70f6d5e41b2d997a47ef0f59158c2d81dab45d85f639e01394d9e31921615/DSC09598.jpg" data-mid="253623348" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1cd70f6d5e41b2d997a47ef0f59158c2d81dab45d85f639e01394d9e31921615/DSC09598.jpg" /> <img width="1288" height="2296" width_o="1288" height_o="2296" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df42fe5963ab8b999ad553eee65488e2c3af951bc920d7a76d070666f53ba954/13FinialWithFemaleStudy.jpg" data-mid="253623345" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df42fe5963ab8b999ad553eee65488e2c3af951bc920d7a76d070666f53ba954/13FinialWithFemaleStudy.jpg" /> <img width="2576" height="4592" width_o="2576" height_o="4592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f1eda26b09abb1a94a17c50945b44f05781fe981dafb8fe9343412d07231239/DSC09593.jpg" data-mid="253623346" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f1eda26b09abb1a94a17c50945b44f05781fe981dafb8fe9343412d07231239/DSC09593.jpg" /> <img width="2151" height="1554" width_o="2151" height_o="1554" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f10552dcab34df830a23689defb80d03995d3a76dd0703e519841c9ffbbe3838/Orb_cropped-and-corrected.jpg" data-mid="253623363" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f10552dcab34df830a23689defb80d03995d3a76dd0703e519841c9ffbbe3838/Orb_cropped-and-corrected.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f6abe415af417e81262129fce11efffbc0d48e92c99e766cf023bfbb54017fae/IMG_2515_corrected.jpg" data-mid="253623376" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f6abe415af417e81262129fce11efffbc0d48e92c99e766cf023bfbb54017fae/IMG_2515_corrected.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66361469d260da874dd9bd61af37505ed4598a8b17633b2d691059cb08bc0dd1/IMG_2513_corrected.jpg" data-mid="253623375" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/66361469d260da874dd9bd61af37505ed4598a8b17633b2d691059cb08bc0dd1/IMG_2513_corrected.jpg" /> https://leanderkalil.com/Two-Male-Torsos Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:01:24 +0000 M. Leander Kalil https://leanderkalil.com/Two-Male-Torsos <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f756bae1b3880733feae21c7152725e728d1baa39537eb874ff72d0ee4a1fef3/IMG_2513_corrected.jpg" data-mid="216802155" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f756bae1b3880733feae21c7152725e728d1baa39537eb874ff72d0ee4a1fef3/IMG_2513_corrected.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/acb623bffc4b0fba67e83697f24c113633c472a411b2c7eb9d7b5e7c2a39399d/IMG_2515_corrected.jpg" data-mid="216802156" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/acb623bffc4b0fba67e83697f24c113633c472a411b2c7eb9d7b5e7c2a39399d/IMG_2515_corrected.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a0cad38838835697cd832628349df0388fb9f003db0ef99c5bc6019b07bf08f/IMG_2512_corrected.jpg" data-mid="216802154" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a0cad38838835697cd832628349df0388fb9f003db0ef99c5bc6019b07bf08f/IMG_2512_corrected.jpg" /> Two male torsos 2024 Modelled in clay and bisque fired. https://leanderkalil.com/A-counter Sat, 04 May 2024 03:05:40 +0000 M. Leander Kalil https://leanderkalil.com/A-counter A COUNTER 2024 This counter is made one piece of plywood (the counter surface, painted) and 11 members of pine (4 fins, 4 ribs, 3 beams). The pieces are fastened together using just dowels (visible as inlays in the counter surface) and glue.&nbsp; <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0209aae20e2f148ef3633523df1dc8a6f6cb8b0b22ac3cefc3099ae0cc85a72a/IMG_2126.jpg" data-mid="213417165" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0209aae20e2f148ef3633523df1dc8a6f6cb8b0b22ac3cefc3099ae0cc85a72a/IMG_2126.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c9acfaea6b4891c0a599893a35a59a61581a4028bc3e02adf447ba42d1d394f/IMG_2112.jpg" data-mid="213417162" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c9acfaea6b4891c0a599893a35a59a61581a4028bc3e02adf447ba42d1d394f/IMG_2112.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34fd699f1a0795d4326e3c057db7d830cca186e34f621fa010883eb42d9a5815/IMG_2113.jpg" data-mid="213417163" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/34fd699f1a0795d4326e3c057db7d830cca186e34f621fa010883eb42d9a5815/IMG_2113.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e039afc6ce9db84b1465bf54fa6f0aa3b46d3831b9317192cc26bfe93d6dc2d3/IMG_2121.jpg" data-mid="213417164" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e039afc6ce9db84b1465bf54fa6f0aa3b46d3831b9317192cc26bfe93d6dc2d3/IMG_2121.jpg" /> https://leanderkalil.com/Playing-with-openings Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:09:34 +0000 M. Leander Kalil https://leanderkalil.com/Playing-with-openings PLAYING WITH OPENINGS I am the Universal, I burst.I am Particular, I contract.I become the Universal, I laugh. —René Daumal, Pataphysics and the Revelation of Laughter <img width="3554" height="2382" width_o="3554" height_o="2382" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7834cd6b8429406c07f97d0a248ce32e1945bf9612cdfc039e88fd0295ec88e3/Materese.jpeg" data-mid="210030871" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7834cd6b8429406c07f97d0a248ce32e1945bf9612cdfc039e88fd0295ec88e3/Materese.jpeg" /> Materese, scan of 35mm print, Leander Kalil. 1. &nbsp;Whatever the child does with the right part of his body, he must subsequently do with his left. And vice versa. A snap of the fingers on the right means a snap on the left. A clicking of the left molars begets a clacking of the right. If in the secret of his right shoe he draws with his right big toe an outline of a sailboat, he must then do the same with his left big toe in the secret of his left shoe. He finds that his left big toe, like his left side in general, is less articulate than his right. But testing the differences between his left and right sides interests the child. Can he with one side, and with increa singly complex movements, mirror the other? He believes that if he can—if he observes motor symmetry—then he is in touch with something important. 2. &nbsp;The child has other beliefs associated with physical movement. He believes that certain profound things might happen if he moves in a certain way. If he commits a precise combination of gestures, then nature may molt, its laws inverting, for everyone. He might portray a bipedal, pelvis-thrusting lizard, and then the earth has no gravity. He might make a pretzel of himself in an attempt to stretch an obscure back muscle that’s never had the pleasure, and then the invisible dimensions of the world will seep into appearance as on a fresh polaroid. He might lunge while rolling his head counter clockwise making a rodent face, triggering a dawn of global interpersonal honesty. He would have likened these speculative events to flailing his arm in panic to get a scary insect off, accidentally performing the member’s hand signal of an enlightened secret society, the door to the headquarters of which he did not know he was in front of, causing the doorman who he did not know was a doorman to step aside and say, “Welcome back, sir.”&nbsp; He had seen a trope in adventure movies, where access to an ancient world of chthonic splendour hidden behind impervious stone doors is gained only through a hapless protagonist leaning in resignation against some object in the antechamber, one that turns out to be the lever that causes a chain reaction ending with the parting of the doors. 3. &nbsp;Other than these analogies, the child wouldn’t have been able to put it to words, but what his beliefs about movement and sequence indicated was a growing awareness of the mysterious power of composition. A sequence, a constellation of distinct gestures of varying masses and shapes separated by particular intervals, invoking a rare and palpable spirit or a frighteningly deep sensation. The composition might be calculated, it might be instinctual, it might be aleatory—probably it is a mixture, although I think too much calculation can ruin it. As we have seen in the child, it could be kinaesthetic, but it could also be sonic, verbal, pictorial, or spatial. It’s just parts arranged in such a way that an opening is made. Celestial forms arrayed in such a specific dynamic orbital tension around a fireball, that on one of the forms appear flowers and fish. Gasses rise from the Delphic crack, into the lungs of the Pythia, letting her see sooth. The apse of a cathedral—the spheric ooze of god. The right assignment of places at a dinner table—a night of its own volition. And it seems to me that the different figures in a painting with a good composition used to be one, a point, but they were pulled apart into such a precise balance of tensions that they remain apart, forming a gate through which a forgotten realness can waft—and if any of the figures in the composition were removed or shifted, all of the figures would collapse back into a point, closing the gate. 4. &nbsp;Tennis can only take place on a tennis court—a flat, hard expanse of ground marked with a quadrilaterally symmetrical composition of 7 lines of precise length, bisected by a vertical plane made of netting, about waist height and pulled down a bit at its midpoint so that its top chord forms a shallow vee. Only within this composition can true tennis occur. I say “true” and not “real”, because real tennis is a different sport, an ancestor of tennis with its own distinct court that is only bilaterally symmetrical, involving a partially pitched wall—behind both ends and along just one side of the court—which is not out of bounds but is actually used in the game. Presumably, it was not always called “real tennis”, but just “tennis”, until it was overshadowed by its eponymous offspring. Either that or it connotes its doublet “royal” (both being connected to “roi”, “regnal”, “regal”, and “realm”), as it was historically a sport of royalty. It is indeed called “royal tennis” in some places, and there are only a few courts in the whole world. Then again, if this is the correct etymology, if the “real” is closer to the french “réal” (royal), then, according to a tendency for royalty to superfluously qualify their things as “royal”, perhaps it was always called “real tennis”. My Queen, shall we play real tennis? My King, there is no other kind—you can just call it tennis. So far it’s the only kind. But just wait—eventually the subjects will start copying us like they always do. And what’s wrong with that? Nothing, nothing… the subjects are great. I just think we should make the distinction ahead of time. 5. &nbsp;In any event, the simple composition of the modern tennis court, of 7 planimetric lines and one vertical plane of mesh, can be understood as an opening in the world for something distinct to come through. If two people (for simplicity we’ll not talk about doubles here) step into the court with strung racquets and a single furry rubber ball about the size of a fist, then a singular and vibrant exchange between them can occur there. They hit the ball back and forth over the net, each of them trying to do so in such a way that the ball doesn’t come back and land in their side of the court. But the composition of the court makes this exchange happen in a certain way. And if the composition were changed, the mode of engagement would also be changed, possibly inhibited. Take, for instance, the most obvious aspect of the composition: the rectangular shape of the boundary lines. This shape promotes hitting the ball diagonally—“cross-court”—because the court is longer when measured diagonally, giving you more depth to hit into, reducing the chances of hitting the ball long and losing the point. The vee of the net, giving it a lower middle, compounds the appeal of cross-court shots. These two compositional features make cross-court rallies prevalent and “neutral” in tennis. And this is why hitting the ball “down the line”—which, being over the higher part of the net and into a shorter part of the court, makes it comparatively risky—is so impactful if well timed and executed. It can have the striking effect of a rupture in a pattern. More beautiful still is when a player responds to a sudden down-the-line shot with another down-the-line shot. The player who hit the first down-the-line shot will probably move to the other corner, expecting their opponent, who is on the run and off-balance, to try to return the ball cross-court. But, instead, the opponent, too, goes down the line, into an area of the court even more difficult to hit than usual, given the circumstances, but which is, because of that diffuctly, reasonably being left open. And you pour the ball into the opening. When this is pulled off, it is breathtaking. Federer was amazing at it. If the vee of the tennis net were inverted, these patterns and their life-giving ruptures would change. Even more so if also the corners of the court were bevelled or filleted, shortening the cross-court dimensions. I don’t know how that game would play out, whether it would be inherently awkward or have a beauty of its own. But the incredible, simple beauty of tennis is contingent on (among other conditions) the standard composition of the court on which it occurs. 6. &nbsp;Again: the players hit the ball back and forth over the net, each of them trying to do so in such a way that the ball doesn’t come back and land in their side of the court. There is a way to construe this objective that amounts to a psychospatial strategy, one to which you’ll sometimes hear coaches and commentators allude: make your opponent feel like their side of the court is bigger than yours. Shrink—close—the opening that is your side of the court through anticipation and speed, and expand the opening that is your opponent’s side of the court through imbuing your shots with angle, curvature, power, and variety of depth and height. Make the court a trapezoid. In the opening in the world formed by the composition of the tennis court, my opponent and I have a dual, and our dual consists in trying to manipulate openings. In long, high-level tennis rallies, viewers feel the court convulsing, expanding and contracting, gasping and exhaling, opening and closing. It’s as if space itself was laughing, and we were delighting in vertigo at the edge of its laughing mouth. And maybe that’s why when we’re paying attention to such an exchange, we also find ourselves laughing. Why should we be laughing?&nbsp; What’s funny about great tennis? Maybe funniness is about playing with openings. From Charlie Chaplin, City Lights (1931) Password: Chaplin From Charlie Chaplin, Modern Times (1936)Password: Chaplin From 2008 Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Final, Roger Federer vs. Rafael NadalPassword: Roger https://leanderkalil.com/Two-Crowns Sat, 30 Dec 2023 14:53:41 +0000 M. Leander Kalil https://leanderkalil.com/Two-Crowns <img width="4592" height="2576" width_o="4592" height_o="2576" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64f07c5ab909c72f0f114889820fc0b68b877dde81741a443bb413df5578293e/Crowns-1.JPG" data-mid="203108182" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64f07c5ab909c72f0f114889820fc0b68b877dde81741a443bb413df5578293e/Crowns-1.JPG" /> <img width="4592" height="2576" width_o="4592" height_o="2576" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b338eb82a1641e6b4246b376beb927a0e32ef3ff97e02fcda439871256144a10/Crowns-4_darkened.jpg" data-mid="203108185" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b338eb82a1641e6b4246b376beb927a0e32ef3ff97e02fcda439871256144a10/Crowns-4_darkened.jpg" /> <img width="4592" height="2576" width_o="4592" height_o="2576" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65362944d2a4379b37e9b2e9acd20a0c5c579f3bf7e3e5830b6cb5768be7947d/Crowns-3.JPG" data-mid="203108184" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/65362944d2a4379b37e9b2e9acd20a0c5c579f3bf7e3e5830b6cb5768be7947d/Crowns-3.JPG" /> <img width="4592" height="2576" width_o="4592" height_o="2576" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea0b9a4bbcc10485b8841f9cac7c4797799e1537af94d1dd909bf636d1286a3e/DSC09635.JPG" data-mid="203108187" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea0b9a4bbcc10485b8841f9cac7c4797799e1537af94d1dd909bf636d1286a3e/DSC09635.JPG" /> <img width="4592" height="2576" width_o="4592" height_o="2576" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d3f59a0110eba9f71443a9b516b0627f459b9cc026f47f141ccfe39751fe128/Crowns-2.JPG" data-mid="203108183" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d3f59a0110eba9f71443a9b516b0627f459b9cc026f47f141ccfe39751fe128/Crowns-2.JPG" /> Two Crowns 2023 These crowns are made of aluminium, hand cut and sanded. They represent the first pieces in an ongoing project of making crowns.Models: Katrina Jurjans (left) and Olivia Norrmén-Smith. https://www.katrinajurjans.com/ https://ingridolivia.com/ https://leanderkalil.com/Several-Figures Sat, 30 Dec 2023 14:53:42 +0000 M. Leander Kalil https://leanderkalil.com/Several-Figures <img width="1288" height="2296" width_o="1288" height_o="2296" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1010abc3981f382ce989e217ec66917c4ad2237c91e27159252acbd4d58ff37/12BathersFrontal.jpg" data-mid="200448712" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e1010abc3981f382ce989e217ec66917c4ad2237c91e27159252acbd4d58ff37/12BathersFrontal.jpg" /> <img width="1288" height="2296" width_o="1288" height_o="2296" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a42e4605ec1ba72fb2fd04859b6d8538f489aaa7c9a5c8af1bc2e5616cbd9048/11BathersRear.jpg" data-mid="200448711" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a42e4605ec1ba72fb2fd04859b6d8538f489aaa7c9a5c8af1bc2e5616cbd9048/11BathersRear.jpg" /> Several Figures 2022-2023 The female figures are made of clay, and the bathtub is made of plaster.