Guy Sherwin

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Guy Sherwin

Biography

Born in 1948, Guy Sherwin studied painting at Chelsea School of Art in London. Inspired by films and expanded cinema from the London Filmmakers’ Co-op, he began making films and acquired laboratory skills while working there during the 1970s. His 16mm films are often highly concentrated in their form, but very diverse in terms of their imagery and approach. The Short Film Series (1975-ongoing) and live performance pieces such as Man with Mirror (1976-ongoing) involve human, animal and natural phenomena transcribed as filmic subjects, while his optical sound films and performances explore a wide variety of abstract audiovisual ideas.

Production

2007

Sound Cuts

as Director

2003

Newsprint #2

as Director

2005

1979

Notes

as Director

2003

Cycles #3

as Director

2007

Mobius Loops

as Director

1976

Man with Mirror

as Director

1974

At the Academy

as Director

1991

2014

2016

Light Cycles

as Director

1996

Prelude

as Director

1998

Flight

as Director

1998

Filter Beds

as Director

2005

Views from Home

as Director

1984

Messages

as Director

1998

Animal Studies

as Director

1986

Salt Water

as Director

1979

Night Train

as Director

1978

Eye

as Director

2010

Mei

as Director

1978

Clock & Train

as Director

1978

Light Leaves

as Director

1998

Tree Reflection

as Director

1977

Blink

as Director

1998

Cat

as Director

2013

Piano

as Director

1976

Track

as Director

1998

Tree & Cloud

as Director

1976

Window

as Director

1998

Gnats

as Director

1980

Wind & Water

as Director

2013

Guy & Kai

as Director

1978

Barn

as Director

2013

Window/Light

as Director

1977

Columns

as Director

1998

Clouds & Wires

as Director

1978

Breathing

as Director

1976

Treeline

as Director

1977

Swimming

as Director

1975

1976

Hand/Shutter

as Director

1998

Coots

as Director

1976

Handcrank Clock

as Director

1977

Chimney

as Director

1978

Maya

as Director

1977

Candle & Clock

as Director

1978

Cycle

as Director

1978

Metronome

as Director

2011

Yi Wei

as Director

1978

Tap

as Director

1977

Cat on TV

as Director

1972

Cycles #1

as Director

1976

Vermeer Frames

as Director

2009

Paper Landscape

as Director

1980

Connemara

as Director

1971

Phase Loop

as Director

1974

Interval

as Director

2007

Cross Section #2

as Director

1972

Newsprint #1

as Director

1977

Soundtrack

as Director

1974

Spirals

as Director

2007

Interval #2

as Director

2007

Optical Sound

as Director

1977

Musical Stairs

as Director

1979

Notes #1

as Director

2007

Notes #2

as Director

1977

Railings

as Director

1972

Sound Shapes

as Director

2017

Nijomasue

as Director

2017

1995

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