Guy Sherwin

My formative period was first as a painter at Chelsea School of Art, London, in the late sixties, then at the London Film-Makers Co-operative in the mid seventies where I developed my interest in the forms and structures of film. At the LFMC I helped run the workshop and gave instruction in the use of the 16mm printing and processing machines.

Over time the work has taken many forms: b/w silent films (Short Film Series 1975-1998, Animal Studies 1998-2003), live performances with film (Paper Landscape 1975, Man with Mirror 1976), hand-made optical soundtracks (Cycles #3 1972/2003, Railings 1977), lyrical, part-autobiographical films (Messages 1981-3, Views from Home 1987/2005) and gallery installations (Three Trees 2003, Clock Screen 2007).

Recent work with my partner Lynn Loo uses multiple projectors, with optical sound mixed live during performance (Sound Cuts 2007, Mobius Loops 2007). In the last few years we have shown these programmes of live cinema at venues in Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.

A DVD/book Guy Sherwin: Optical Sound Films 1971-2007 was published by LUX London in 2008.
A DVD/booklet Guy Sherwin: Messages was published by LUX London in 2010.

https://lux.org.uk/artist/guy-sherwin/