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Films by Stuart Sherman
- Title
- Films by Stuart Sherman [motion picture] / produced by Stuart Sherman.
- Publication
- New York : American Federation of Arts, 1978-82.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 1 OF 1 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 4227 F C.1 REEL 1 OF 1 C.1 REEL 1 OF 1 | Offsite |
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- Additional Authors
- Flynn, Alex.
- Description
- 1 film reel (15 min.) : si., b&w/col.; 16 mm.
- Summary
- Filmmaker/performance artist Stuart Sherman, a cinematic descendant of Melies and Deren, employs montage and simple props to fashion visionary geographies, visual puns and analogies. His magical/mysterious vignettes undermine the laws of time and causality and have been likened to riddles, jokes, koans and paradoxes. 1.) Globes (1978), b&w/col. 3 min.: Cultural and perceptual contrasts are evoked in this non-linear mythic episode in which a hammer, a paintbrush, a bucket, a pile of clothes, a window full of globes and a couple are manipulated via the filmmaker/demi-urge. 2.) Skating (1978), b&w., 2 min.: Juxtaposition and editing are used in this meditation on the human/environmental act of skating and its component parts. 3.) Hand/Water (1979), b&w, 2 min.: The filmmaker's waving hand, its wooden facsimile, a steamship, a rowboat, the ocean and a bowl of water are the main elements in this visual pun that is also a study of scale. 4.) Baseball/TV (1979), b&w, 1 min.: Using the accoutrements of baseball, Sherman analyzes the magic of tv/film representation and offers a pun on the word "catch." "The camera catches the image, just as a baseball player catches the ball." 5.) Roller Coaster/Reading (1979), b&w, 3 min.: Meshing the visceral and the intellectual, "Sherman proposes, through editing and parallel camera movement, that the act of reading is exhilarating, like riding a roller coaster." 6.) Rock/String (1980), b&w, 1 min.: The filmmaker effects a variety of visual tricks that confound spatial relationships and defy gravity. 7.) Theater Piece (1980), b&w, 1 min.: Through "solipsistic, demiurgic actions," Sherman leaves his imprint on the theater world. He sits in a seat in the audience, occupies a chair onstage and stands at the door of the theater. Becoming transparent, he leaves his trace everywhere. 8.) Bridge Film (n.d.), b&w : The filmmaker intersects the flow of traffic on narrow streets and on the canals of a European city. 9.) Chess (1982), b&w, 1/2 min.: Sherman underscores the oppositional component of the board game with split screen techniques and evocative black and white graphics. 10.) Fish Story (n.d.), b&w/col.: A naked man jumps off the deep end from a diving board into a surrealist watery world of fish and cellar stairs.
- Alternative Title
- Globes.
- Skating.
- Hand/Water.
- Baseball/TV.
- Roller Coaster/Reading.
- Rock/String.
- Theater Piece.
- Bridge Film.
- Chess.
- Fish Story.
- Subject
- Credits (note)
- Producer, director, Stuart Sherman.
- Contents
- Globes -- Skating -- Hand/Water -- Baseball/TV -- Roller Coaster/Reading -- Rock/String -- Theater Piece -- Bridge Film -- Chess -- Fish Story.
- Title
- Films by Stuart Sherman [motion picture] / produced by Stuart Sherman.
- Imprint
- New York : American Federation of Arts, 1978-82.
- Credits
- Producer, director, Stuart Sherman.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Flynn, Alex.
- Added Title
- Globes.Skating.Hand/Water.Baseball/TV.Roller Coaster/Reading.Rock/String.Theater Piece.Bridge Film.Chess.Fish Story.
- Branch Call Number
- M16 4227 F