Ernie Gehr Movies

  • 1970
    History

    History

    History

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    "Film in its primordial state in which patterns of light and darkness are still undivided. Like the natural order of the universe, an unbroken flow...

    History
  • 2023
    High-Wire Act

    High-Wire Act

    High-Wire Act

    02023HD

    2023. USA. Directed by Ernie Gehr. Digital. 6 min.

    High-Wire Act
  • 2016
    For the Birds

    For the Birds

    For the Birds

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    Digital. Screened as a part of MOMA's 'Mechanical Principles' series

    For the Birds
  • 2013
    Auto-Collider XVIII

    Auto-Collider XVIII

    Auto-Collider XVIII

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    A slice of life. An advanced exploration of motor- coordination. Taking to the streets for a new formulation of optical mechanics in a darker key and...

    Auto-Collider XVIII
  • 1968
    Morning

    Morning

    Morning

    01968HD

    "A poetic visual rendition of morning, and an evocation of my awakening to working with some basic elements of filmmaking – film emulsion...

    Morning
  • 1968
    Wait

    Wait

    Wait

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    "Completed shortly after Morning, Wait is a vivid depiction of the cinematic process of recording images on film. From frame to...

    Wait
  • 2004
    Workers Leaving the Factory (after Lumière)

    Workers Leaving the Factory (after Lumière)

    Workers Leaving the Factory (after Lumière)

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    16mm film (black and white, silent)

    Workers Leaving the Factory (after Lumière)
  • 2020
    Flying Over Brooklyn

    Flying Over Brooklyn

    Flying Over Brooklyn

    02020HD

    This short video was commissioned by the Madison Square Park Conservancy, one of a number of pieces meant to show how New York artists are working,...

    Flying Over Brooklyn
  • 1969
    Transparency

    Transparency

    Transparency

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    "The footage for Transparency was recorded at variable camera speeds (from approx. 5 fps to around 40 fps). In this process, when later projected at...

    Transparency
  • 2015
    Transport

    Transport

    Transport

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    The missing chapter of Schivelbusch's The Railroad Journey. A museum piece. Recorded in Berlin, Feb. 2015.

    Transport
  • 2006
    The Morse Code Operator (or The Monkey Wrench)

    The Morse Code Operator (or The Monkey Wrench)

    The Morse Code Operator (or The Monkey Wrench)

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    "One of two new digital works in the all-Gehr program, Morse Code is not only clever; it's unexpectedly funny. Having now spent several years...

    The Morse Code Operator (or The Monkey Wrench)
  • 1975
    Behind the Scenes

    Behind the Scenes

    Behind the Scenes

    01975HD

    "This mysterious, delightful film opens with a sound collage of jazzy music and voices played against a black background. After a few minutes, there...

    Behind the Scenes
  • 2010
    Mist

    Mist

    Mist

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    Silence dominates the work, as does the screen rectangle, which cuts off the “image” from a life time-space continuum and imposes upon...

    Mist
  • 2010
    Chambers of Time

    Chambers of Time

    Chambers of Time

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    2010. USA. Directed by Ernie Gehr. Digital. 8 min.

    Chambers of Time
  • 2015
    In Slumberland (Thanks to Winsor McCay)

    In Slumberland (Thanks to Winsor McCay)

    In Slumberland (Thanks to Winsor McCay)

    02015HD

    This film accompanies Ernie Gehr: Mechanical Magic.

    In Slumberland (Thanks to Winsor McCay)
  • 2005
    Panoramas of the Moving Image: Mechanical Slides and Dissolving Views from Nineteenth-Century Magic Lantern Shows

    Panoramas of the Moving Image: Mechanical Slides and Dissolving Views from Nineteenth-Century Magic Lantern Shows

    Panoramas of the Moving Image: Mechanical Slides and Dissolving Views from Nineteenth-Century Magic Lantern Shows

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    Mechanical glass slides were manipulated to simulate various kinds of change in the image, and multiple projectors allowed for superimposed and...

    Panoramas of the Moving Image: Mechanical Slides and Dissolving Views from Nineteenth-Century Magic Lantern Shows
  • 2013
    As If

    As If

    As If

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    A 2013 English language avant-garde film directed by Ernie Gehr. The film screened at The New York Film Festival in 2013.

    As If
  • 1972
    Lisa and Suzanne

    Lisa and Suzanne

    Lisa and Suzanne

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    Ernie Gehr's short, silent film [...] shows two young girls, almost children still, on a New York street. Both wear blue, one washed out blue jeans,...

    Lisa and Suzanne
  • 2016
    Sensations of Light, #7

    Sensations of Light, #7

    Sensations of Light, #7

    02016HD

    Humor without a banana peel.

    Sensations of Light, #7
  • 1971
    Still

    Still

    Still

    3.51971HD

    "This collapse of separate times into one image creates another push/pull with the experience of depth. The superimpositions seem to lie on top of...

    Still