Takahiko Iimura Movies

  • 1984
    Shadowman (The Structure of Seeing and Hearing)

    Shadowman (The Structure of Seeing and Hearing)

    Shadowman (The Structure of Seeing and Hearing)

    01984HD

    A mind-twisting video, meditating on the experience of watching film/video, and of seeing and being seen. Prodded by a succession of riddles, the...

    Shadowman (The Structure of Seeing and Hearing)
  • 1970
    A Chair

    A Chair

    A Chair

    01970HD

    One of Takahiko Iimura's (and modern art's) earliest works in conceptual video, A Chair entirely consists of a steady (and usually ghosted) image of...

    A Chair
  • 1969
    Flowers

    Flowers

    Flowers

    01969HD

    While I was staying in New York in the 1960s during the rise of the hippie movement, I filmed performances of body painting by the artist, Kusama...

    Flowers
  • 2004
    Ma: The Stones Haved Moved

    Ma: The Stones Haved Moved

    Ma: The Stones Haved Moved

    02004HD

    An animation film in which the outline of the image of a stone garden was traced on computer. As the result while the camera-crews moved in...

    Ma: The Stones Haved Moved
  • 1970
    Buddha Again

    Buddha Again

    Buddha Again

    01970HD

    Originally filmed in 8mm a little stone-made Buddha in a temple of Katmandu, the film strip in ten seconds was projected as a loop, and then the...

    Buddha Again
  • 1989
    Scared to Death

    Scared to Death

    Scared to Death

    01989HD

    An image synthesized version of Mardi Gras festival in New Orleans, in which many colorized images flow slowly left to right as the parade of the...

    Scared to Death
  • 1970
    Film Strips II

    Film Strips II

    Film Strips II

    01970HD

    When I came to the USA in the mid 1960s, it was the high point of the Hippie movement and the black riots. I lived in the East village in New York,...

    Film Strips II
  • 1972
    Models: B-2: A Line 1, 2, 3

    Models: B-2: A Line 1, 2, 3

    Models: B-2: A Line 1, 2, 3

    01972HD

    Takahiko Iimura's Models Series

    Models: B-2: A Line 1, 2, 3
  • 1971
    Time Tunnel

    Time Tunnel

    Time Tunnel

    01971HD

    An attempt at time travel in a very conceptual sense.

    Time Tunnel
  • 1966
    Why Don't You Sneeze

    Why Don't You Sneeze

    Why Don't You Sneeze

    01966HD

    labeled in the CCJ as "Why Not Sneeze?", this film has been described as blatantly inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s ANEMIC CINEMA.

    Why Don't You Sneeze
  • 1970
    In The River

    In The River

    In The River

    01970HD

    Iimura analyzed some footage he had made in Katmandu of a man taking a bath in a sacred river. A meditational experience is, thus, presented in a...

    In The River
  • 1963
    Desade

    Desade

    Desade

    01963HD

    From the collector of Marquis de Sade in the early 1960s, still a 'dark age ' of erotic picture, even his novels were forbidden to publish in Tokyo,...

    Desade
  • 1977
    Visual Logic (and Illogic)

    Visual Logic (and Illogic)

    Visual Logic (and Illogic)

    01977HD

    Demonstrates the visual logic (and illogic) of sign combining with limited movements of camera for panning and zooming.

    Visual Logic (and Illogic)
  • 2003
    I am (Not) Seen

    I am (Not) Seen

    I am (Not) Seen

    02003HD

    This video deals with the perception of seeing including the words as I see you, I am seen, and I am not seen. These words are superimposed over the...

    I am (Not) Seen
  • 1989
    The Making of MA in Ryoan-ji

    The Making of MA in Ryoan-ji

    The Making of MA in Ryoan-ji

    01989HD

    "The Making..." showed not only the process of film-making, but also the creation of "MA" as a work.

    The Making of MA in Ryoan-ji
  • 1972
    Models: B-3: To See the Frame, Not to See the Frame

    Models: B-3: To See the Frame, Not to See the Frame

    Models: B-3: To See the Frame, Not to See the Frame

    01972HD

    Takahiko Iimura's Models Series

    Models: B-3: To See the Frame, Not to See the Frame
  • 1963
    Onan

    Onan

    Onan

    101963HD

    “ONAN is a work about desire (masturbation) which has no object but itself. The appearance of the large egg objectifies the man's desires....

    Onan
  • 1975
    24 Frames per Second

    24 Frames per Second

    24 Frames per Second

    01975HD

    This film, and in particular the function of sound within it will vary freely from moment to moment, viewer to viewer.

    24 Frames per Second
  • 1967
    White Calligraphy

    White Calligraphy

    White Calligraphy

    01967HD

    White Calligraphy is an abstract short made by scratching characters from 'Kojiki', an early Japanese text, into the frames of 16mm black leader.

    White Calligraphy
  • 1964
    My Documentary

    My Documentary

    My Documentary

    01964HD

    Short film for the "A Commercial for Myself" programme.

    My Documentary