| Sunday 29 February 15.00
Paul Sharits: Shorts
Programme duration 67’
Ray Gun Virus
(Paul Sharits, USA 1966, 14')
A film made entirely of colour fields that flicker at different rates and
rhythms. The effect is hallucinogenic to say the least. The frame appears
to be the unifying force that keeps the light of the projector from spilling
out all over the room, and each 24th of a second comes thrashing into the
viewer’s consciousness.
N:O:T:H:I:N:G
(Paul Sharits, USA 1968, 36'')
‘In essence there are only three flicker films of importance, ARNULF
RAINER, THE FLICKER, and N:O:T:H:I:N:G. ... In terms
of the subject we have discussed here, it is Sharits' N:O:T:H:I:N:G
that opens the field for the structural film with a flicker base.’
P Adams Sitney
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T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G, 1968
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T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G
(Paul Sharits, USA 1968, 12')
Dedicated to and starring poet David Franks, whose voice also appears on
the soundtrack. Pure colour and a few still images alternate in a wide
variety of permutations. The spectator thus experiences the film as a constant
and often aggressive flickering, which varies rhythmically and operates
at the limits of perception. The coloured fields flatten the screen surface
and light tends to be felt concretely in the cinema space itself, with
the screen boundary pulsating and shifting with after-images.
Piece Mandala/End War
(Paul Sharits, USA 1966, 5')
’Blank colour frequencies space out and optically feed into black
and white images of one lovemaking act which is seen simultaneously from
both sides of its space and both ends of its time.’ Paul Sharits
Tate Modern Starr Auditorium
£3.50 (£2 concessions)
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