Ernie Gehr Movies
- 2012
Work in Progress
Work in Progress02012HD
In this fascinating exploration of the rich, elusive qualities of the video surface, Gehr layers transparent and translucent repetitions of a complex...
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- 2006
Before the Olympics
Before the Olympics02006HD
“Before the Olympics is composed out of sounds and images recorded in Torino in November 2005, while the city was undergoing renovations for...
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- 1991
This Side of Paradise
This Side of Paradise81991HD
Sounds and images were recorded at the Polish flea-market, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, autumn 1989, a few days before the Berlin Wall came down. An...
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- 2010
Thank You for Visiting
Thank You for Visiting02010HD
Images of a city, superimposed.
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- 1969
Transparency
Transparency01969HD
"The footage for Transparency was recorded at variable camera speeds (from approx. 5 fps to around 40 fps). In this process, when later projected at...
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- 2016
For the Birds
For the Birds02016HD
Digital. Screened as a part of MOMA's 'Mechanical Principles' series
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- 2013
The Quiet Car
The Quiet Car02013HD
Inside/out at whisper speed, symmetries in locomotion churn soft and feathery floating like a dream. A nocture before nightfall. -M.M.
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- 2014
Auto-Collider XX
Auto-Collider XX02014HD
The 20th installment of the Auto-Collider series. "In 2005 we were still living in San Francisco, we were there for 18 and a half years, I really...
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- 2005
Panoramas of the Moving Image: Mechanical Slides and Dissolving Views from Nineteenth-Century Magic Lantern Shows
Panoramas of the Moving Image: Mechanical Slides and Dissolving Views from Nineteenth-Century Magic Lantern Shows02005HD
Mechanical glass slides were manipulated to simulate various kinds of change in the image, and multiple projectors allowed for superimposed and...
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- 2024
By Rail, To Boston
By Rail, To Boston02024HD
By Rail, To Boston (2024) 17 min. Color. Sound.
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- 2013
Auto-Collider XVIII
Auto-Collider XVIII02013HD
A slice of life. An advanced exploration of motor- coordination. Taking to the streets for a new formulation of optical mechanics in a darker key and...
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- 2023
High-Wire Act
High-Wire Act02023HD
2023. USA. Directed by Ernie Gehr. Digital. 6 min.
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- 2009
Hurry Up Henrietta
Hurry Up Henrietta02009HD
Film by Ernie Gehr
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- 2004
Workers Leaving the Factory (after Lumière)
Workers Leaving the Factory (after Lumière)72004HD
16mm film (black and white, silent)
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- 2023
What’s Up!
What’s Up!02023HD
2023. USA. Directed by Ernie Gehr. Digital. 16 min.
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- 1975
Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes01975HD
"This mysterious, delightful film opens with a sound collage of jazzy music and voices played against a black background. After a few minutes, there...
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- 1981
Along Brighton Beach Avenue
Along Brighton Beach Avenue71981HD
The film is a half-hour series of brief close-ups of people on the street, shot from a high, but still intimate, angle. In a constant interplay of...
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- 2024
Creatures of the Night
Creatures of the Night02024HD
This film accompanies Ernie Gehr: Mechanical Magic.
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- 2004
The Astronomer's Dream
The Astronomer's Dream02004HD
"Replete with visual and audiovisual humor, these works not only celebrate the pleasures of perception, as well as physical spaces and spaces of the...
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- 2026
Sincere Vacancy
Sincere Vacancy02026HD
"Serene Velocity" remade at USF Tampa in Cooper Hall
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