10 Drawings

black and white ⁄ 20'

Steve Farrer, united kingdom 1976

Vermeer Frames

black and white ⁄ 3'

Guy Sherwin, united kingdom 1976

Metronome

black and white ⁄ 3'

Guy Sherwin, united kingdom 1974

Portrait with Parents

black and white ⁄ 3'

Guy Sherwin, united kingdom 1974

Breathing

black and white ⁄ 3'

Guy Sherwin, united kingdom 1974

Light Music

black and white ⁄ 25'

Lis Rhodes, united kingdom 1975

These works by British filmmakers turn an apparent simplicity or calculated primitiveness into rich visual experiences. Sherwin uses the pre-determined length of the 3-minute, silent, 16mm reel to record often diaristic and domestic subjects, creating a particular poetry of theme and variation. Farrer generates brief abstract films by drawing geometric figures directly onto a grid of clear celluloid, with sound generated by theimage. A similar unity of sound and vision is present in Lis Rhodes’ Light Music, a dynamic work of expanded cinema for two projectors and a mobile audience.