Barry Gerson Movies

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

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

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

2022 digital work by Barry Gerson

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

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...

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...

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

Evocations of a space in the mind – limitless, soundless. Blackness punctuated by bursting water bubbles ascending and descending into the...