Paul Sharits
(1943-1993)

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Paul Sharits
(1943-1993)

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Films

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PAUL SHARITS a documentary film by François Miron


Interview: Paul Sharits on Illusionism and Generative Systems



Major films & works

  • Wintercourse (1962) — early experimental short
     
  • Piece Mandala/End War (1966) — experimental flicker film
     
  • Ray Gun Virus (1966) — structural film exploring perception
     
  • Mandala Films (1966) — extended film work from mid-60s 
  • Tails (1976)
     
  • Razor Blades (1968) — two-screen structural piece
     
  • T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G (1968) — flicker/structural short
     
  • N:O:T:H:I:N:G (1968) — structural color/sound work
     
  • S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED (1971) — extensive structural film
     
  • Axiomatic Granularity (1973) — film exploring grain/color
     

Additional experimental works (selected)
(often short or avant-garde pieces) 

  • Unrolling Event (Fluxfilm, 1966)
     
  • Wrist Trick (Fluxfilm, 1966)
     
  • Dots 1 & 2 (Fluxfilm, 1966)
     
  • Sears Catalogue (Fluxfilm, 1966)
     
  • Word Movie (Fluxfilm #29, 1966)
     
  • Inferential Current (1971)
     
  • Sound Strip/Film Strip (multi-screen versions, early 1970s)
     
  • Damaged Film Loop / The Forgetting of Impressions and Intentions (1972–74)
     
  • Synchronousoundtracks (various multi-screen, 1973–74)
     

Later/other pieces
(from broader listings and screenings) 

  • Apparent Motion (1975)
     
  • Episodic Generation (late 1970s)
     
  • Bad Burns (1982)
     
  • Rapture (1987)
     

This list mixes his canonical structural film works with shorter Fluxfilm pieces and later experimental films. Many of these works are significant in avant-garde film history and are held by film archives or presented in retrospectives. 


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