Guy Sherwin
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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.
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Barn (1978)
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Clouds & Wires (1998)
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Piano (2013)
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At the Academy (1974)
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Swimming (1977)
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Wind & Water (1980)
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Hand/Shutter (1976)
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Portrait with Parents (1975)
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Short Film Series (2014)
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Paper Landscape #2 (2017)
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Interval (1974)
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Optical Sound (2007)
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Cross Section #2 (2007)
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Why there is something rather than nothing (2019)
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Tree & Cloud (1998)
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Paper Landscape (2009)
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Salt Water (1986)
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Filter Beds (1998)
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Tree Reflection (1998)
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Cycles #1 (1972)
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Musical Stairs (1977)
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Window/Light (2013)
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Tap (1978)
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Eye (1978)
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Treeline (1976)
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Connemara (1980)
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Under the Freeway (1995)
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Maya (1978)
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Gnats (1998)
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Phase Loop (1971)
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Track (1976)
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Candle & Clock (1977)
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Notes #1 (1979)
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Handcrank Clock (1976)
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Spirals (1974)
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Coots (1998)
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Cat on TV (1977)
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Messages (1984)
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Metronome (1978)
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Man with Mirror (1976)
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Views from Home (2005)
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Guy & Kai (2013)
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Flight (1998)
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Soundtrack (1977)
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Blink (1977)
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Cat (1998)
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Breathing (1978)
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Columns (1977)
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Night Train (1979)
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Window (1976)
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Yi Wei (2011)
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Chimney (1977)
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Interval #2 (2007)
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Sound Shapes (1972)
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Railings (1977)
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Cycle (1978)
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Clock & Train (1978)
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Light Leaves (1978)
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Mile End Purgatorio (1991)
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Newsprint #1 (1972)
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Da Capo: Variations on a Train with Anna (2000)
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Mei (2010)
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Camden Road Station (2003)
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Notes #2 (2007)
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Prelude (1996)
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Bay Bridge from Embarcadero (2006)
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Animal Studies (Egret / Seagull Reflection / Midges / Spider / Swans in a Line) (2026)
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Four Films about Music (Silent Jazz / Orchestra / Pause / Interior Music) (2026)
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Nijomasue (2017)
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Bruce Baillie at Total Mobile Home Talking About All My Life (2004)
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Sound Cuts (2007)
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Vowels & Consonants (2005)
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Mobius Loops (2007)
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Animal Studies (1998)
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Notes (1979)
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Light Cycles (2016)
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Vermeer Frames (1976)
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Cycles #3 (2003)
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Newsprint #2 (2003)
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Half Light (2018)
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Remjet (2015)
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Split Wires (2022)
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Abrasion Loops (2007)
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After the Freeway (2006)
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