Made in ‘Eaven
- Artist: Mark Leckey
- Date: 2004
- Medium: Film, 16mm, projection, colour
- Dimensions: duration: 1 min, 30 sec
- Museum: Tate Britain
- Collection record: Tate Britain website
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About this artwork
This is the “Made in ’Eaven” by Mark Leckey. Filmed on 16‑mm stock and projected in colour, it runs for one minute and thirty seconds. The piece opens with a quiet domestic interior: a fireplace dominates a small room, a window frames a subtle reflection of light across the walls. A rabbit—small, quick, almost cartoonish—appears and darts between furniture, its movements captured in slow, deliberate frames that give a sense of motion rather than speed.
The film plays on a simple scale; no music or sound is added, so what you see becomes all the narrative. Leckey’s use of colour and lighting creates visual rhythm: warm tones flicker across the fireplace mantel, while the window casts a cool, almost blueish glow that contrasts with the rabbit’s fur. The reflections in windows and the firelight give it an almost pictorial quality—almost like a still picture moving.
In 2004, this short film was part of a larger set of works exploring everyday spaces through cinema; it shows how mundane objects (a fireplace, a window) become interesting when filmed with close attention to texture and light. The result is a simple yet engaging loop that invites viewers to look closely at the small details of a familiar room.
See it in person
Made in ‘Eaven is in the collection of Tate Britain on Millbank, London — free to enter. Point your phone at any artwork there and audioguide.london plays a free audio guide in six languages — no app download needed.
