Tom Bessoir

Tom Bessoir

Born in New York City in 1957, Tom Bessoir attended The Bronx High School of Science and studied electrical engineering and mathematics at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. While at The Cooper Union, he studied filmmaking with Robert Breer, Joshua Pines, and Sandy Moore. Tom Bessoir’s experimental films often use mathematics to explore perception and the structure of film. In the arts, Tom Bessoir is best known for Microfilm (1979), Digits of Pi (2019), and his photography documenting downtown NYC.

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Tom Bessoir Movies

  • 1980
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    Intercut
    Intercut

    1 1980 HD

    A stroboscopic film poem.

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  • 1979
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    Microfilm
    Microfilm

    1 1979 HD

    The concept of putting microfilm in a movie projector.

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  • 2016
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    A Reverse Fib
    A Reverse Fib

    1 2016 HD

    Fibonacci numbers are everywhere in nature and this film. The durations of the cyan and red frames form a reverse Fibonacci sequence. The frequencies...

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  • 1982
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    Linear 1
    Linear 1

    1 1982 HD

    A choreography for a white line.

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  • 1970
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    Prime Perfect (for Tony Conrad)
    Prime Perfect (for Tony Conrad)

    1 1970 HD

    You will be sitting in the dark experiencing the unique pattern created by numbers. The vast majority of the frames in this film are black. Frame...

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  • 2018
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    Morse
    Morse

    1 2018 HD

    This film includes our five favorite significant messages: 1) The first American Morse Code message transmitted in 1844 by Samuel Morse himself. 2)...

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  • 2019
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    Digits of Pi
    Digits of Pi

    1 2019 HD

    Experimental film artistically presenting the digits of pi

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  • 2019
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    Pescaria
    Pescaria

    1 2019 HD

    Gulls mangling a fish head.

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  • 2018
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    Prime Perfect Squared
    Prime Perfect Squared

    1 2018 HD

    The vast majority of the frames in this film are black. Frames numbers that are prime numbers are red. Frames numbers that are perfect numbers are...

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  • 2021
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    2020
    2020

    1 2021 HD

    A film for 2020, a year to remember. 2020 different colors create a flicker film.

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  • 2020
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    4913 Colors
    4913 Colors

    1 2020 HD

    I was inspired by seeing the artwork “4900 Colors” at the The Met Breuer retrospective Gerhard Richter: Painting After All one week...

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