Paul Sharits Movies

  • 1965
    Dots 1 & 2

    Dots 1 & 2

    Dots 1 & 2

    5.81965HD

    Single frame exposures of dot-screens.

    Dots 1 & 2
  • 1966
    Piece Mandala/End War

    Piece Mandala/End War

    Piece Mandala/End War

    4.71966HD

    Blank color frequencies space out and optically feed into monochrome images of one lovemaking act which is seen simultaneously from both sides of its...

    Piece Mandala/End War
  • 1974
    Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages

    Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages

    Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages

    01974HD

    The film consists of seven sections: the first section, "Specimen I," a "flicker" film, is the subject for the other sections of ANALYTICAL STUDIES...

    Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages
  • 1966
    Ray Gun Virus

    Ray Gun Virus

    Ray Gun Virus

    81966HD

    The film is a transfixing “flicker” film that distills the cinematic experience to projected light and color patterns, allowing...

    Ray Gun Virus
  • 1971
    Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame

    Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame

    Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame

    01971HD

    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"...

    Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame
  • 1981
    Sketches in Hawaii

    Sketches in Hawaii

    Sketches in Hawaii

    01981HD

    2 screen projection

    Sketches in Hawaii
  • 1976
    Epileptic Seizure Comparison

    Epileptic Seizure Comparison

    Epileptic Seizure Comparison

    71976HD

    The films are of two patients, extracted from a medical film study of brain wave activity during seizures.

    Epileptic Seizure Comparison
  • 1979
    Passare I (Italia)

    Passare I (Italia)

    Passare I (Italia)

    01979HD

    While composed of pure/blank color frames (often “flickering”), this is not a “Structural Film”; there’s no...

    Passare I (Italia)
  • 1974
    Color Sound Frames

    Color Sound Frames

    Color Sound Frames

    4.21974HD

    Sharits produced Color Sound Frames by rephotographing strips of his previous films. He moved the strips, singly and in pairs, across a light table...

    Color Sound Frames
  • 1965
    Sears Catalogue 1-3

    Sears Catalogue 1-3

    Sears Catalogue 1-3

    6.51965HD

    Each film frame is a different image from the Sears Roebuck mail order catalogue. The film places pictures of the objects sold by Sears to the...

    Sears Catalogue 1-3