Barry Gerson Movies

GROUP IV: BEADED LIGHT (1970, 4 min, 16mm, silent) “In BEADED LIGHT, Gerson applies an ambiguous procedure to our perception of color and...

SUNLIGHT (1970, 4 min, 16mm, silent) Sunlight patterns on a window in constant change through subtle camera swings – the motions repeated...

GROUP II: WATER (1969, 4 min, 16mm, silent) Two images of a lapping water level, used at the beginning and end of the film, counterpointing the...

A confined space alive and teeming with energy – shapes merge forming new shapes.

2023 digital work by Barry Gerson

2016 digital work by Barry Gerson

"Two visions of the world being viewed simultaneously." - Barry Gerson Poetic structure created through masking out of two separate images...

[D]ynamic shapes emitting energy from the living forms created by subtle camera movements combined with compositional awareness.

Evocations of a space in the mind – limitless, soundless. Blackness punctuated by bursting water bubbles ascending and descending into the...

The film is in three sections each dealing with a different manifestation of the relationships between colors and shapes and their effect on our...