Ernie Gehr Movies
- 2010
Surveillance
Surveillance02010HD
A four-channel video work taking inspiration from a lush park environment and the proliferating presence of security cameras in public life.
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- 2020
Through the Hoops of Time
Through the Hoops of Time02020HD
2020. USA. Directed by Ernie Gehr. Digital. 8 min.
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- 2020
New York Central
New York Central02020HD
2020. USA. Directed by Ernie Gehr. Digital. 24 min.
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- 2014
A Commuter's Life (What a Life!)
A Commuter's Life (What a Life!)02014HD
A Commuter’s Life (What a Life!) gives sculptural dimension and kaleidoscopic novelty to footage shot by Gehr during his commutes from his...
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- 2018
Aproposessexstreetmarket
Aproposessexstreetmarket02018HD
"The second piece on this program, Aproposessexstreetmarket, is what I consider to be the heart of the trilogy. It offers glimpses to the kind of...
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- 2018
Circling Essex Crossing
Circling Essex Crossing02018HD
"The concluding work is Circling Essex Crossing. In this piece, what arises out of a series of images documenting the construction of Essex Crossing...
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- 2013
Winter Morning
Winter Morning02013HD
Inconvenient miracles escape prediction but require attention. Roadblocks are building blocks for daily adventures in seeing. Snowscreens. —M....
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- 2012
Work in Progress
Work in Progress02012HD
In this fascinating exploration of the rich, elusive qualities of the video surface, Gehr layers transparent and translucent repetitions of a complex...
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- 2007
Cinematic Fertilizer – 1
Cinematic Fertilizer – 102007HD
Two related videotapes in which Gehr articulates formal connections between organic and geometrical forms, CF1 and 2 adopt the thaumatope structure...
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- 2010
Picture Taking
Picture Taking02010HD
Picture Taking is focused on "verticality" and urban sightseeing as well as on some of the pictorial possibilities of the HD digital format.
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- 2015
Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage02015HD
Avant-garde work by Ernie Gehr.
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- 2015
Better than Ever
Better than Ever02015HD
Avant-garde work by Ernie Gehr.
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- 2015
Carnival of Shadows
Carnival of Shadows02015HD
Ernie Gehr’s large-scale, multiscreen video installation CARNIVAL OF SHADOWS is simultaneously a reflection on early animation and genre...
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- 2014
Auto-Collider XX
Auto-Collider XX02014HD
The 20th installment of the Auto-Collider series. "In 2005 we were still living in San Francisco, we were there for 18 and a half years, I really...
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- 2013
Auto-Collider XVIII
Auto-Collider XVIII02013HD
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...
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- 2008
New York Lantern
New York Lantern02008HD
In New York Lantern and Photographic Phantoms, a new narrative lyricism and political outspokenness enters Gehr’s cinema, haunted now by...
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- 2010
Auto-Collider
Auto-Collider02010HD
Abstract short featuring mirrored images.
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- 2010
Chambers of Time
Chambers of Time02010HD
2010. USA. Directed by Ernie Gehr. Digital. 8 min.
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- 2006
The Morse Code Operator (or The Monkey Wrench)
The Morse Code Operator (or The Monkey Wrench)02006HD
"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...
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- 2010
Thank You for Visiting
Thank You for Visiting02010HD
Images of a city, superimposed.
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