Paul Sharits Movies

  • 1975
    Shutter Interface

    Shutter Interface

    Shutter Interface

    81975HD

    Two projectors pulse in tandem

    Shutter Interface
  • 1965
    Dots 1 & 2

    Dots 1 & 2

    Dots 1 & 2

    61965HD

    Single frame exposures of dot-screens.

    Dots 1 & 2
  • 1965
    Wrist Trick

    Wrist Trick

    Wrist Trick

    6.81965HD

    Various gestures of hand held razorblade, single frame exposures.

    Wrist Trick
  • 1965
    Unrolling Event

    Unrolling Event

    Unrolling Event

    4.1881965HD

    Toilet paper event, single frame exposures.

    Unrolling Event
  • 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
  • 1984
    Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu

    Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu

    Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu

    01984HD

    A chronicle of Sharits' 1977 visit to Romania to experience three of Brancusi's most famous sculptures.

    Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu
  • 1966
    Piece Mandala/End War

    Piece Mandala/End War

    Piece Mandala/End War

    4.71966HD

    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
  • 1981
    Cinématon XIII

    Cinématon XIII

    Cinématon XIII

    01981HD

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

    Cinématon XIII
  • 1975
    Apparent Motion

    Apparent Motion

    Apparent Motion

    01975HD

    The images for this project were first obtained by enlarging, with an optical printer, frames of evenly distributed grain particles from a black and...

    Apparent Motion
  • 1975
    3D Movie

    3D Movie

    3D Movie

    01975HD

    Particles throb in three dimensions.

    3D Movie
  • 2006
    Funtime at the Vasulkas

    Funtime at the Vasulkas

    Funtime at the Vasulkas

    02006HD

    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
  • 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
    Color Sound Frames

    Color Sound Frames

    Color Sound Frames

    4.21974HD

    Sharits produced Color Sound Frames by rephotographing strips of his previous films. He moved the strips, singly and in pairs, across a light table...

    Color Sound Frames
  • 1982
    Bad Burns

    Bad Burns

    Bad Burns

    5.31982HD

    Two reels of mis-takes in shooting Part II of 3RD DEGREE. Film was loaded in camera improperly and the image slides about off-center and becomes...

    Bad Burns
  • 1970
    Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits

    Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits

    Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits

    01970HD

    Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits
  • 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
  • 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
    Sketches in Hawaii

    Sketches in Hawaii

    Sketches in Hawaii

    01981HD

    2 screen projection

    Sketches in Hawaii
  • 1974
    Vertical Contiguity

    Vertical Contiguity

    Vertical Contiguity

    01974HD

    Paul Sharits short work

    Vertical Contiguity
  • 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