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[image]&nbsp;An image from “Serene Velocity” (1970).2011113-DARGIS-slide-ZHUE-articleLarge

[image] An image from “Serene Velocity” (1970).2011113-DARGIS-slide-ZHUE-articleLarge

Ernie Gehr – the structuralist film maker

February 02, 2015 in resources /

No Blockbusters Here, Just Mind Expanders

By MANOHLA DARGIS Published: November 11, 2011

"THERE are a multiplicity of adjectives that fit Ernie Gehr’s experimental film and digital work: abstract, beautiful, mysterious, invigorating, utopian. The work can also be oblique; this is not a bad thing! His 14-minute film “History” (1970), to take one extreme example, largely consists of what looks like a sparkly black-and-gray blob that brings to mind a hallucination of a desert night sky, like van Gogh on acid.... "

Retrieved from: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/movies/ernie-gehrs-films-traffic-in-images-and-light.html

Recent works : Ernie Gehr: Bon Voyage http://www.centre.ch/en/ernie-gehr-multi-channel-digital-installations-en

Screen Shot 2015-02-02 at 10.02.02 pm
Screen Shot 2015-02-02 at 10.02.02 pm

[youtube=http://youtu.be/KF3am9peDRg]

Video retrieved from: http://www.theseventhart.org/main/videos/issue-9-ernie-gehr/#.Uk3nw7xQ2wA

Can we see philosophy? (what a great question)

"It is a question that is always haunting me: What is it that I’m working with? It’s also, What is a film? What is a digital work? Is it the physical item? Is it the projector? The strip of film? The tape? The disc? It’s all part of it. It’s mixed media. And the way these things all interact tell us so much about human perception and experience and the way one sees anything in the world."

Retrieved from: Can we see philosophy? A dialogue with Ernie Gehr By Peter Catapano and Ernie Gehr – http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/can-we-see-philosophy-a-dialog-with-ernie-gehr/

"Structuralist film theory is a branch of film theory that is rooted in Structuralism, itself based on structural linguistics. Structuralist film theory emphasizes how films convey meaning through the use of codes and conventions not dissimilar to the way languages are used to construct meaning in communication". taken from somewhere on the web

Here is a sneak at his recent video works : + raphael hefti - or or or?

[youtube=http://youtu.be/Ip8Z1loR_xE]

Tags: Ernie Gehr, new media arts, surveillance, video
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