Paul Sharits Movies

  • 1965
    Unrolling Event

    Unrolling Event

    Unrolling Event

    4.21965HD

    Toilet paper event, single frame exposures.

    Unrolling Event
  • 1965
    Dots 1 & 2

    Dots 1 & 2

    Dots 1 & 2

    61965HD

    Single frame exposures of dot-screens.

    Dots 1 & 2
  • 1987
    Rapture

    Rapture

    Rapture

    01987HD

    'Rapture' is a fierce vision of a Dionysian experience, a tightly controlled visual statement about the abandonment of self to heightened...

    Rapture
  • 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
  • 1966
    Ray Gun Virus

    Ray Gun Virus

    Ray Gun Virus

    81966HD

    Paul Shartis's Ray Gun Virus (1966) is a transfixing, must-see-in-person “flicker” film that distills the cinematic experience to...

    Ray Gun Virus
  • 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
  • 1971
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    S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED

    S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED

    3.71971HD

    Streaming, scratched lines continuously appear two at a time over images of flowing water.

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  • 1972
    Sound Strip/Film Strip

    Sound Strip/Film Strip

    Sound Strip/Film Strip

    31972HD

    Sound Strip / Film Strip is Paul Sharits' first "Locational" work, made in collaboration with Bill Brand. The piece was commissioned for the 1972...

    Sound Strip/Film Strip
  • 1981
    Sketches in Hawaii

    Sketches in Hawaii

    Sketches in Hawaii

    01981HD

    2 screen projection

    Sketches in Hawaii