Barry Gerson Movies

GROUP IV: BEADED LIGHT (1970, 4 min, 16mm, silent) “In BEADED LIGHT, Gerson applies an ambiguous procedure to our perception of color and...

A confined space alive and teeming with energy – shapes merge forming new shapes.

[D]ynamic shapes emitting energy from the living forms created by subtle camera movements combined with compositional awareness.

"Oblique mattes, instead of blocking the vision, accentuate our ability to see and appreciate details, narrowing and expanding the focus of our...

"Two visions of the world being viewed simultaneously." - Barry Gerson Poetic structure created through masking out of two separate images...

“Since all matter in the Universe pulsates rhythmically, it is therefore , in constant motion. My film/videos become an activated metaphor to...

SUNLIGHT (1970, 4 min, 16mm, silent) Sunlight patterns on a window in constant change through subtle camera swings – the motions repeated...

GROUP II: WATER (1969, 4 min, 16mm, silent) Two images of a lapping water level, used at the beginning and end of the film, counterpointing the...

"Endurance/Rememberance/Metamorphosis is a film composed of three parts of equal duration. Each part consists of a single shot of a minimal space."...

2022 digital work by Barry Gerson

"I would like to say something else in relation to the Automatic Free Form Film movement. The camera was constantly moving. Movement was used to...

The film is in three sections each dealing with a different manifestation of the relationships between colors and shapes and their effect on our...