Paul Sharits Movies

1971
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Streaming, scratched lines continuously appear two at a time over images of flowing water.
1977
On the Marriage Broker Joke as Cited by Sigmund Freud in Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious, or Can the Avant-Garde Artist Be Wholed?
On the Marriage Broker Joke as Cited by Sigmund Freud in Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious, or Can the Avant-Garde Artist Be Wholed?
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“Freud established that jokes were structurally akin to dreams in their use of condensation, displacement, representation by opposites, punning...
1962
Wintercourse
Wintercourse
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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...
1975
Shutter Interface
Shutter Interface
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Two projectors pulse in tandem
1975
Apparent Motion
Apparent Motion
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The images for this project were first obtained by enlarging, with an optical printer, frames of evenly distributed grain particles from a black and...
1977
Declarative Mode
Declarative Mode
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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...
1973
Axiomatic Granularity
Axiomatic Granularity
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"There is a paradox in such artistically special (and significant) films as Sharits' very real and reflexively beautiful AXIOMATIC GRANULARITY. It is...
1976
Epileptic Seizure Comparison
Epileptic Seizure Comparison
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The films are of two patients, extracted from a medical film study of brain wave activity during seizures.
1981
Sketches in Hawaii
Sketches in Hawaii
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2 screen projection
1974
Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages
Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages
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The film consists of seven sections: the first section, "Specimen I," a "flicker" film, is the subject for the other sections of ANALYTICAL STUDIES...
1968
N:O:T:H:I:N:G
N:O:T:H:I:N:G
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“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...
1974
The Forgetting of Impressions and Intentions
The Forgetting of Impressions and Intentions
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Footage of a strip of damaged film.
1976
Tirgu Jiu
Tirgu Jiu
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A flicker film of colorful squares.
1986
Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas
Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas
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1966
Ray Gun Virus
Ray Gun Virus
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Paul Shartis's Ray Gun Virus (1966) is a transfixing, must-see-in-person “flicker” film that distills the cinematic experience to...
1974
Color Sound Frames
Color Sound Frames
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Sharits produced Color Sound Frames by rephotographing strips of his previous films. He moved the strips, singly and in pairs, across a light table...
1968
Razor Blades
Razor Blades
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In Razor Blades, Paul SHARITS consciously challenges our eyes, ears and minds to withstand a barrage of high powered and often contradictory stimuli....
1982
Bad Burns
Bad Burns
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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...
1974
Synchronousoundtracks
Synchronousoundtracks
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1976
Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame
Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame
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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"...