Movies: Paul Sharits

A mapping of an image of the linear passage of '16mm film frames' and 'emulsion scratches' onto actual 16mm film strip (the unperceived film 'print')/the aural word 'miscellaneous' is extended to a length of 8 minutes by serial fragmentation, looping...

A chronicle of Sharits' 1977 visit to Romania to experience three of Brancusi's most famous sculptures....

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 blurred – creating some rather amusing and mysterious imagery. A made “found” object. —ubu.com...

Film by Paul Sharits presented as double projection theatrically and quadruple projection in galleries....

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A flicker film of colorful squares....

A series of tail ends of varied strips of film, with sometimes recognizable images dissolving into light flares, appear to run through and off of a projector. A romantic "narrative," suggesting an "ending," is inferred. This film can be projected at ...