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
  • 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
  • 1998
    Gnats

    Gnats

    Gnats

    01998HD

    Gnats
  • 1998
    Tree & Cloud

    Tree & Cloud

    Tree & Cloud

    01998HD

    Tree & Cloud
  • 1976
    Window

    Window

    Window

    01976HD

    Window
  • 2018
    Half Light

    Half Light

    Half Light

    02018HD

    Half Light began as a study of light - when at a certain time of the year, and day, a shaft of sunlight would penetrate almost the length of the...

    Half Light
  • 1978
    Metronome

    Metronome

    Metronome

    61978HD

    Part of Sherwin's short film series. "...In the shuddering stasis of METRONOME– an illusion caused by the clash between the spring-wound...

    Metronome
  • 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
  • 2007
    Mobius Loops

    Mobius Loops

    Mobius Loops

    02007HD

    A performance work for multiple projectors in which the starting point is my sound & image experiments of the 70s. The film and sound material was...

    Mobius Loops
  • 2007
    Notes #2

    Notes #2

    Notes #2

    02007HD

    Optical sound film by Guy Sherwin

    Notes #2
  • 1980
    Connemara

    Connemara

    Connemara

    01980HD

    Made while on a visit to Connemara in Ireland, the film is partly a response to the sense of time that the landscape evoked.

    Connemara
  • 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
  • 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
    Tap

    Tap

    Tap

    01978HD

    Tap
  • 2013
    Guy & Kai

    Guy & Kai

    Guy & Kai

    02013HD

    Guy & Kai
  • 1976
    Handcrank Clock

    Handcrank Clock

    Handcrank Clock

    01976HD

    Handcrank Clock
  • 1972
    Sound Shapes

    Sound Shapes

    Sound Shapes

    01972HD

    One of my first 16mm films, made without a camera as an experiment in how to visualize rhythm. It equates four simple shapes with four simple sounds,...

    Sound Shapes
  • 2007
    Interval #2

    Interval #2

    Interval #2

    02007HD

    Optical sound film by Guy Sherwin

    Interval #2
  • 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
  • 1971
    Phase Loop

    Phase Loop

    Phase Loop

    01971HD

    Optical sound film by Guy Sherwin

    Phase Loop