Guy Sherwin Movies

  • 1977
    Columns

    Columns

    Columns

    01977HD

    Columns
  • 2019
    Why there is something rather than nothing

    Why there is something rather than nothing

    Why there is something rather than nothing

    02019HD

    There is something exhilarating about observing an artistic star that shines at the edge of the cosmos, and steadfastly refuses to move to the...

    Why there is something rather than nothing
  • 1976
    Man with Mirror

    Man with Mirror

    Man with Mirror

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    A live film performance by Guy Sherwin.

    Man with Mirror
  • 1998
    Flight

    Flight

    Flight

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    short film by Guy Sherwin

    Flight
  • 1986
    Salt Water

    Salt Water

    Salt Water

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    Reflections in fish tanks in the windows of restaurants in Chinatown, San Francisco, accompanied by sounds of foghorns, passers-by, dining and...

    Salt Water
  • 2007
    Notes #2

    Notes #2

    Notes #2

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    Optical sound film by Guy Sherwin

    Notes #2
  • 1972
    Cycles #1

    Cycles #1

    Cycles #1

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    A hand-made film of a circular form that fluctuates in rhythms of light and sound.Cycles 1 is made by sticking paper dots onto the surface of the...

    Cycles #1
  • 1976
    Track

    Track

    Track

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    Track
  • 1976
    Vermeer Frames

    Vermeer Frames

    Vermeer Frames

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    Silent short film by Guy Sherwin as part of his Short Film series in which he captures everyday life, diary like subjects.

    Vermeer Frames
  • 2017
    Nijomasue

    Nijomasue

    Nijomasue

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    Made during an artist residency in the rural Nijomasue district of Fukuoka, south Japan. The film features the public information system used to...

    Nijomasue
  • 1974
    At the Academy

    At the Academy

    At the Academy

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    A found-footage film made entirely from Academy leader, which is normally used to cue the start of films. The film was hand-printed on a home-made...

    At the Academy
  • 1975
    Portrait with Parents

    Portrait with Parents

    Portrait with Parents

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    Portrait with Parents
  • 1979
    Night Train

    Night Train

    Night Train

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    The sound of lights passing through a darkened landscape seen from a moving train.

    Night Train
  • 2005
    Views from Home

    Views from Home

    Views from Home

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    I had rooms at the front and back of the house and I recorded sunlight passing through them in the course of the day, as well as across the buildings...

    Views from Home
  • 2012
    New Shores

    New Shores

    New Shores

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    NEW SHORES is a sister film to IN THE STONE HOUSE in many ways. Like the latter film, it consists of earlier footage edited in recent years. It could...

    New Shores
  • 2011
    Yi Wei

    Yi Wei

    Yi Wei

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    Yi Wei
  • 1998
    Animal Studies

    Animal Studies

    Animal Studies

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    An ongoing set of films of inconsequential animal movements which are hand-printed in a variety of ways, using changes of light, geometry, time....

    Animal Studies
  • 2003
    Newsprint #2

    Newsprint #2

    Newsprint #2

    02003HD

    A performance for two projectionists using two 16mm projectors with freeze-frame. This performance version further animates the newspaper text by...

    Newsprint #2
  • 1972
    Sound Shapes

    Sound Shapes

    Sound Shapes

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    One of my first 16mm films, made without a camera as an experiment in how to visualize rhythm. It equates four simple shapes with four simple sounds,...

    Sound Shapes
  • 1971
    Phase Loop

    Phase Loop

    Phase Loop

    01971HD

    Optical sound film by Guy Sherwin

    Phase Loop