Barry Gerson

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Barry Gerson (born July 3, 1939 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA ; lives there) is an American avant-garde film artist , experimental filmmaker , photographer and film installer.

Life

Barry Gerson's father was the owner of a Pennsylvania cinema chain.

Gerson made his first film, The Neon Rose , in the early 1960s (1961-1965) and since then he has made more than thirty films, which have been shown in solo exhibitions, including the Museum of Modern Art , the Whitney Museum of American Art , in the Guggenheim Museum , and in numerous group exhibitions around the world. His film installations and photographs also have international recognition.

Barry Gerson was with Trilogie / Generations, Portrait of Andrew Noren at Documenta 5 in Kassel in 1972 in the Film Show: New American Cinema department .

He has received numerous awards and grants from key institutions including the American Film Institute, the National Endowment for the Arts , CAPS, and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship.

He has taught filmmaking and aesthetics at the Rhode Island School of Design, the Art Institute of Chicago , Edinboro State College, and the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee , among others .

Filmography

  • Rolling In My Ears , 2002, color, silent film, 8 min.
  • Episodes From the Secret Life , 1982, color, silent film, 30 min.
  • Hidden Tracings , 1980, color, silent film, 3 min.
  • Exposed Fragrances , 1980, color, silent film, 8 min.
  • The Secret Abyss , 1979, color, silent film, 12 min.
  • Translucent Appearances , 1975, color, silent film, 22 min.
  • Celluloid Illuminations , 1975, color, silent film, 32 min.
  • Shadow Space , 1973, color, silent film, 6 min.
  • Inversion , 1973, color, silent film, 12 min.
  • Luminous Zone , 1973, color, silent film, 30 min.
  • Portrait of Andrew Noren , 1972, color, silent film, 4 min.
  • Movements, 1971, color , silent film, 4 min.
  • Converging Lines , 1971, color, silent film, 4 min.
  • Assimilation , 1971, color, silent film, 14 min.
  • Sunlight , 1970, color, silent film, 4 min.
  • Floating , 1970, color, silent film, 15 min.
  • Afternoon , 1970, color, silent film, 8 min.
  • Beaded Light , 1970, color, silent film, 4 min.
  • Dissolving , 1970, color, silent film, 4 min.
  • Beyond , 1970, color, silent film, 4 min.
  • Endurance , 1970, color, silent film, 4 min.
  • Remembrance , 1970, color, silent film, 4 min.
  • Metamorphosis , 1970, color, silent film, 4 min.
  • Portrait of Diana , 1970, color, silent film, 4 min.
  • Evolving , 1969, color, silent film, 11 min.
  • Grass , 1969, color, silent film, 1 min.
  • Ice , 1969, color, silent film, 2 min.
  • Snow , 1969, color, silent film, 1 minute
  • Vibrations , 1969, color, silent film, 8 min.
  • Water , 1969, color, silent film, 4 min.
  • Contemplating , 1969, color, silent film, 12 min.
  • Generations , 1969, color, silent film 8 min.
  • Automatic Free Form Film , 1968, color, silent film, 16 min.
  • The Neon Rose , 1961/65, black and white, sound, 41 min.

literature

  • Exhibition catalog: documenta 5. Survey of Reality - Imagery Today ; Catalog (as a file folder) Volume 1: (Material); Volume 2: (list of exhibits); Kassel 1972
  • documenta archive (ed.); Resubmission d5 - A survey of the archive on documenta 1972 ; Kassel / Ostfildern 2001, ISBN 3-7757-1121-X

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personal data
SURNAME Gerson, Barry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American avant-garde film artist, experimental filmmaker, photographer and film installer
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA