Guy Sherwin Movies

  • 1980
    Wind & Water

    Wind & Water

    Wind & Water

    01980HD

    Wind & Water
  • 1979
    Night Train

    Night Train

    Night Train

    01979HD

    The sound of lights passing through a darkened landscape seen from a moving train.

    Night Train
  • 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
  • 1978
    Eye

    Eye

    Eye

    01978HD

    Eye
  • 1977
    Chimney

    Chimney

    Chimney

    01977HD

    Chimney
  • 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
  • 2013
    Piano

    Piano

    Piano

    22013HD

    Piano
  • 1984
    Messages

    Messages

    Messages

    81984HD

    "Made during my daughter’s early childhood. It’s not about her, but it’s a response to her questions about the world that...

    Messages
  • 1977
    Columns

    Columns

    Columns

    01977HD

    Columns
  • 2003
    Newsprint #2

    Newsprint #2

    Newsprint #2

    02003HD

    A performance for two projectionists using two 16mm projectors with freeze-frame. This performance version further animates the newspaper text by...

    Newsprint #2
  • 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
  • 1986
    Salt Water

    Salt Water

    Salt Water

    61986HD

    Reflections in fish tanks in the windows of restaurants in Chinatown, San Francisco, accompanied by sounds of foghorns, passers-by, dining and...

    Salt Water
  • 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
  • 1976
    Window

    Window

    Window

    01976HD

    Window
  • 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
  • 1976
    Treeline

    Treeline

    Treeline

    01976HD

    Treeline
  • 1977
    Blink

    Blink

    Blink

    01977HD

    Blink
  • 1978
    Maya

    Maya

    Maya

    01978HD

    Maya
  • 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
  • 1976
    Handcrank Clock

    Handcrank Clock

    Handcrank Clock

    01976HD

    Handcrank Clock