Paul Sharits Movies

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...

The film consists of two identical prints shown simultaneously, one projected inside the image of the other. The inner image is out of sync one...

Discovered in summer of 1985, of a set of “haiku-imagistic films” I did before coming to my characteristic style, as in Ray Gun Virus; I...

T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G uses flickering frames of solid color juxtaposed with positive and negative still images of a man—sometimes cutting off his own...

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

In Razor Blades, Paul SHARITS consciously challenges our eyes, ears and minds to withstand a barrage of high powered and often contradictory stimuli....

“The screen, illuminated by Paul Sharits’ N:O:T:H:I:N:G, seems to assume a spherical shape, at times – due, I think, to a...

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...

A mapping of an image of the linear passage of '16mm film frames' and 'emulsion scratches' onto actual 16mm film strip (the unperceived film...

The film is a transfixing “flicker” film that distills the cinematic experience to projected light and color patterns, allowing...

Blank color frequencies space out and optically feed into monochrome images of one lovemaking act which is seen simultaneously from both sides of its...

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

A set of short pure color studies, usually exploring one dominant hue. Most of these works were studies for longer projects. The last four "migraine"...

A highly varied and playful series of short sketches involving induced camera "mistakes," printing "errors" and various "assaults" upon film (some...

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

While composed of pure/blank color frames (often “flickering”), this is not a “Structural Film”; there’s no...

2 screen projection