Followed by Q&A with Ernie Gehr

High-Wire Act (2024) 4 min. Color. Sound

By Rail, To Boston (2024) 17 min. Color. Sound.

South Station (2024) 19 min. Color. Sound.

Carroll Gardens (2023) 22 min. Color. Silent. 

“I’m a city walker, and a city filmmaker of both interior and exterior phenomena, a chronicler of the invisible daily life in the city. With no fancy equipment or gadgets, I go about my business and try to blend with the crowd. Yes, sometimes I encounter resistance, and a ‘no-no’ gesture, but most of the time I’m left alone, especially in my old age, ‘that crazy old man.’ Thank you. Like breathing in and out, I trust intuition, and moment-to-moment developments. Yet I am also mindful and attracted to the mysterious and extraordinary ethereal possibilities of the mediums I work with, be it film or digital, all part of the larger and long history of the projected moving image. So life-like, yet so different! So new yet so ancient!  Full of mysteries, pleasures and delight! Enjoy!” – Ernie Gehr. 2024

Born in 1941, Ernie Gehr lives and works in New York. He began to work with 16mm film in 1967 (which are preserved by MoMA) and since 2000 he has been working with video/digital media. An experimental filmmaker closely associated with the structural film movement of the 1970s, Gehr has completed around 150 pieces.

The Ernie Gehr special program is made possible by the National Endowment of the Arts.