Since early 2015, Barley has almost exclusively shot his films on iPhone. He is most well-known for the 2017 experimental film, Sleep Has Her House. Danish film critic, and former director of the European Documentary Network, Tue Steen Müller has described him as the "Anselm Kiefer of cinema".[13][14][15]
"I always begin a film almost like one would keep a diary. I have no idea, or agenda to make a film. I simply document. I shoot what attracts me, random things, animals, variances in light, the water, the stars; simply what draws me in on different days, different nights, in different places. Once I have built up a body of footage, I start to see connections. These pieces of footage could be taken months or even years apart – and miles apart too. [I] then invisibly stitch [the different shots] together into one larger shot or sequence. But these connections between different pieces of footage all happen organically. I never force these connections. I never force a film when it doesn’t come. The films find me – not the other way round [...] All my films have been made this way. Some happen quicker than others. Once these connections are established, a narrative - through images - begins to germinate."
^"Sleep Has Her House". Lo Specchio Scuro. Lorenzo Baldassari. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^"Cliacom". Climacom Film Journal. Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^"Lo Specchio Scuro/Scott Barley" [The Dark Mirror / Scott Barley]. Lo Specchio Scuro Film Journal. Lorenzo Baldassari. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
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