Guy Sherwin Movies

Optical sound film by Guy Sherwin

"Made during my daughter’s early childhood. It’s not about her, but it’s a response to her questions about the world that...

"One of a series of films that investigates qualities of sound that can be generated directly from the image track. The images that you see are...

Street-life at a busy intersection beneath a freeway in San Francisco. An urban landscape film with an underlying formal structure.

Reflections in fish tanks in the windows of restaurants in Chinatown, San Francisco, accompanied by sounds of foghorns, passers-by, dining and...

A hand-made film of a circular form that fluctuates in rhythms of light and sound.Cycles 1 is made by sticking paper dots onto the surface of the...

An expanded film performance by Guy Sherwin using a transparent screen and white paint

Optical sound film by Guy Sherwin

A performance for two projectionists using two 16mm projectors with freeze-frame. This performance version further animates the newspaper text by...

Railway tracks seen from a speeding train are converted into optical sounds.