Paul Sharits Movies

  • 1976
    Tirgu Jiu

    Tirgu Jiu

    Tirgu Jiu

    01976HD

    A flicker film of colorful squares.

    Tirgu Jiu
  • 1978
    Episodic Generation

    Episodic Generation

    Episodic Generation

    01978HD

    The visual "degeneration" of the image ... through successive rephotography is paralleled by the compression of verbal information to the point of...

    Episodic Generation
  • 1969
    T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G

    T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G

    T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G

    5.71969HD

    T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G uses flickering frames of solid color juxtaposed with positive and negative still images of a man—sometimes cutting off his own...

    T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G
  • 1966
    Piece Mandala/End War

    Piece Mandala/End War

    Piece Mandala/End War

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    Blank color frequencies space out and optically feed into monochrome images of one lovemaking act which is seen simultaneously from both sides of its...

    Piece Mandala/End War
  • 1976
    Dream Displacement

    Dream Displacement

    Dream Displacement

    01976HD

    Film by Paul Sharits presented as double projection theatrically and quadruple projection in galleries.

    Dream Displacement
  • 1981
    Cinématon XIII

    Cinématon XIII

    Cinématon XIII

    01981HD

    Reel 13 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

    Cinématon XIII
  • 1974
    Synchronousoundtracks

    Synchronousoundtracks

    Synchronousoundtracks

    01974HD

    Synchronousoundtracks
  • 1971
    Analytical Studies II: Un-Frame-Lines

    Analytical Studies II: Un-Frame-Lines

    Analytical Studies II: Un-Frame-Lines

    01971HD

    A highly varied and playful series of short sketches involving induced camera "mistakes," printing "errors" and various "assaults" upon film (some...

    Analytical Studies II: Un-Frame-Lines
  • 1977
    Declarative Mode

    Declarative Mode

    Declarative Mode

    01977HD

    The film consists of two identical prints shown simultaneously, one projected inside the image of the other. The inner image is out of sync one...

    Declarative Mode
  • 1971
    Inferential Current

    Inferential Current

    Inferential Current

    01971HD

    A mapping of an image of the linear passage of '16mm film frames' and 'emulsion scratches' onto actual 16mm film strip (the unperceived film...

    Inferential Current
  • 1976
    Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady

    Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady

    Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady

    01976HD

    This is a rare video interview with one of America’s finest film artists, shot in New York towards the end of his abruptly terminated career.

    Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady
  • 1974
    Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages

    Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages

    Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages

    01974HD

    The film consists of seven sections: the first section, "Specimen I," a "flicker" film, is the subject for the other sections of ANALYTICAL STUDIES...

    Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages
  • 1975
    3D Movie

    3D Movie

    3D Movie

    01975HD

    Particles throb in three dimensions.

    3D Movie
  • 1968
    Razor Blades

    Razor Blades

    Razor Blades

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    In Razor Blades, Paul SHARITS consciously challenges our eyes, ears and minds to withstand a barrage of high powered and often contradictory stimuli....

    Razor Blades
  • 1976
    Tails

    Tails

    Tails

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    A series of tail ends of varied strips of film, with sometimes recognizable images dissolving into light flares, appear to run through and off of a...

    Tails
  • 2006
    Funtime at the Vasulkas

    Funtime at the Vasulkas

    Funtime at the Vasulkas

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    A recording of a meeting in the studio where Jeffrey Schier and Woody show colleagues and teachers a new tool. Between 1976 and 1980, Woody and...

    Funtime at the Vasulkas
  • 1986
    Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas

    Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas

    Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas

    01986HD

    Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas
  • 1973
    Axiomatic Granularity

    Axiomatic Granularity

    Axiomatic Granularity

    01973HD

    "There is a paradox in such artistically special (and significant) films as Sharits' very real and reflexively beautiful AXIOMATIC GRANULARITY. It is...

    Axiomatic Granularity
  • 1965
    Unrolling Event

    Unrolling Event

    Unrolling Event

    4.1881965HD

    Toilet paper event, single frame exposures.

    Unrolling Event
  • 1965
    Wrist Trick

    Wrist Trick

    Wrist Trick

    6.81965HD

    Various gestures of hand held razorblade, single frame exposures.

    Wrist Trick