• This side of Paradise (1991) 14 mins. Ernie Gehr

Since the piece is filmed on a flea market it represents perfect chaos. Images reflected in puddles give you, as a viewer, that sense of being there standing on a side. Having no clue whose reflections they may be it challenges the viewer to place him or herself in there as well. The awkwardness of silence in an environment where the speed of time and chaos is crucial portrays a sense of vitality of the moment itself. The background playing Lambada on a radio humanizes the ordeal on this muddy terrain. Reflections can be seen as the lives of these people filmed. Connotations of daily life are reflected through abstraction and space representation. This film definitely is all about catching the experience of a feeling.