Guy Sherwin Movies

  • 2012
    New Shores

    New Shores

    New Shores

    82012HD

    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
  • 1971
    Phase Loop

    Phase Loop

    Phase Loop

    01971HD

    Optical sound film by Guy Sherwin

    Phase Loop
  • 2017
    Nijomasue

    Nijomasue

    Nijomasue

    02017HD

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

    Nijomasue
  • 1995
    Under the Freeway

    Under the Freeway

    Under the Freeway

    61995HD

    Street-life at a busy intersection beneath a freeway in San Francisco. An urban landscape film with an underlying formal structure.

    Under the Freeway
  • 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
  • 1972
    Cycles #1

    Cycles #1

    Cycles #1

    01972HD

    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
  • 2009
    Paper Landscape

    Paper Landscape

    Paper Landscape

    82009HD

    An expanded film performance by Guy Sherwin using a transparent screen and white paint

    Paper Landscape
  • 1974
    At the Academy

    At the Academy

    At the Academy

    51974HD

    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
  • 1998
    Tree Reflection

    Tree Reflection

    Tree Reflection

    01998HD

    Tree Reflection
  • 1998
    Animal Studies

    Animal Studies

    Animal Studies

    01998HD

    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
  • 2017
    Paper Landscape #2

    Paper Landscape #2

    Paper Landscape #2

    02017HD

    Sherwin’s 1975 performance 'Paper Landscape' is a live interaction with his on-screen presence, filmed on super 8mm in Epping, London. Forty...

    Paper Landscape #2
  • 2000
    Da Capo: Variations on a Train with Anna

    Da Capo: Variations on a Train with Anna

    Da Capo: Variations on a Train with Anna

    02000HD

    Bachs Prelude No. 24 in B-minor from Das wohltemporierte Klavier, performed by various pianists, is juxtaposed with pictures of a moving train.

    Da Capo: Variations on a Train with Anna
  • 2006
    Bay Bridge from Embarcadero

    Bay Bridge from Embarcadero

    Bay Bridge from Embarcadero

    02006HD

    9 mins b/w Silent 16 mm for 3x16 mm projectors, or 2x16mm projectors, overlapping; can be shown as a performance or installation. Similar views of...

    Bay Bridge from Embarcadero
  • 2005
    Vowels & Consonants

    Vowels & Consonants

    Vowels & Consonants

    02005HD

    A film collaboration using six projectors that evolved from Lynn Loo's film o and Guy Sherwin's printer installation bdpq. The images were produced...

    Vowels & Consonants
  • 1978
    Barn

    Barn

    Barn

    01978HD

    Barn
  • 2007
    Cross Section #2

    Cross Section #2

    Cross Section #2

    02007HD

    Optical sound film by Guy Sherwin

    Cross Section #2
  • 1991
    Mile End Purgatorio

    Mile End Purgatorio

    Mile End Purgatorio

    61991HD

    Mile End Purgatorio is Guy Sherwin and Martin Doyle’s one minute hymn to the London road via its shop signs. A heady rapid-fire brew of Dante,...

    Mile End Purgatorio
  • 2007
    Interval #2

    Interval #2

    Interval #2

    02007HD

    Optical sound film by Guy Sherwin

    Interval #2
  • 1972
    Newsprint #1

    Newsprint #1

    Newsprint #1

    01972HD

    A film made without a camera: A newspaper glued onto clear film is projected as audio-visual typography. "For NEWSPRINT I glued a newspaper onto...

    Newsprint #1
  • 2007
    Notes #2

    Notes #2

    Notes #2

    02007HD

    Optical sound film by Guy Sherwin

    Notes #2