Barry Gerson Movies

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

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...

2022 digital work by Barry Gerson

2016 digital work by Barry Gerson

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

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

2023 digital work by Barry Gerson

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

"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...

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

“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...