ERNIE GEHR
272 Degraw Street Brooklyn, New York 11331 Tel.: 212-624-3177
Age: 27
Formal education: High School Graduate.
Living and working in New York City since 1966. Primarily engaged in film since 1967. Prior to that theatre and music.
Theatre productions or mixed media productions in which I participated:
1967: 30's Man: Chapter One of the Big Blackout of 1965, Ken Jacob's
Apparition Theatre of New York.(shadow plays)
1968: Evoking The Mystery: Chapter Four of the Big Blackout of 1965,
Ken Jacob's Apparition Theatre of New York.(shadow plays)
Paper Concerts, Fluxus Group.
Angel Face, Richard Foreman's Ontological-Hysteric Theatre.
1968/70: Elephant Steps, Richard Foreman's Ontological-Hysteric Theatre.
(Obie winner 1970. Performed at Tanglewood, Lake George and Hunter Coll.) 1971/72: Hotel China, Richard Foreman's Ontological-Hysteric Theatre.
From 1967 to early 1971 earned living as assitant manager for the Film Makers'
Cooperative, 175 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016.
Teaching: Harpur College (SUNY-Binghamton) Summer 1970 (Introductory Filmmaking)
Brandford College (Yale University) Spring 1971 (Advance Film Seminar)
(course shared with Michael Snow)
Harpur College (SUNY-Binghamton) Summer 1971 (Introduction to Cinema)
Lectures: Yale, Chicago Art Institute, Harpur College, St. John's University,
Bard College, New York University, New School for Social Research,
Museum of Modern Art, Rutgers University, Wesleyan University, University of Connecticut at Storrs, Millennium Film Workshop.
Invited to the Haniburer Filmshau in Hamburg, Germany, September 2-6, 1971.
One man shows: Gallery of Modern Art,NY; Jewish Museum,NY; Contemporary Art Center,
Ohio; Museum of Modern Art, NY.
Selected group showings: Utrecht Museum (Sonsbeek ’71), Holland; Foundation Maeght
Festival at St. Paul de Vence, France; Paula Cooper Gallery, N.Y.; Univ. of Washington, Wash.; Woodstock College, Md.; New School for Social Research, N.Y.; Rutgers Univ.,NJ; Bleecker Street Cinema,N.Y.; Elgin Theatre,NY; Univ. of Northern Iowa, Iowa; Telegraph Repertory Cinema, Ca.; St. John's Univ.,NY; Janus Film Society, Wabh.D.C.j Aspen Photography Workshop, Col.; Southhampton College, N.Y.; Fordam Univ.,NY; Seattle Art Museum Pavilion, Wash.; Trinity College, Conn; Maryland Institute,Md.; Festal High School, NY; Flaherty Film Seminar, Conn.; Ohio Univ., Ohio; Iona. Preparatory School,NY;
