Barry Gerson Movies

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.

"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...

An elegant study of light, color, geometry, and perspective.

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

Exploration of the possibilities of light – ephemeral, dazzling, ravishing. Its flames and explosions, its swirls and glimmer, its interactions...

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

With light-drenched visuals illuminating a screenplay of "dialogue and poetry," filmmaker Gerson made this short B&W experimental feature about a man...

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

GROUP VII: PORTRAIT OF DIANA (1970, 4 min, 16mm, silent) PORTRAIT OF ANDREW NOREN (1972, 4 min, 16mm, silent) These films are personal light...

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

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...

GROUP I: GRASS (1969, 1 min, 16mm, silent) Grass to reeds to sky – the gradual melting of grass image to become the blue of the sky. ICE...

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