Takahiko Iimura Movies

  • 1987
    I Love You

    I Love You

    I Love You

    01987HD

    “Double Portrait” and “I Love You” are a paired piece with Akiko Iimura. Both Iimuras play individually as well as a unit. In...

    I Love You
  • 1964
    Dead Movie

    Dead Movie

    Dead Movie

    11964HD

    Film installation by Japanese experimental filmmaker Takahiko Iimura.

    Dead Movie
  • 1996
    Sky and Ground

    Sky and Ground

    Sky and Ground

    01996HD

    Sky and ground which was cut off momentarily / A camera wanders seeking its own shadow / The images which explore the limit / of solitude in New York...

    Sky and Ground
  • 1972
    Models: B-4: Seeing, Not Seeing

    Models: B-4: Seeing, Not Seeing

    Models: B-4: Seeing, Not Seeing

    01972HD

    Short work.

    Models: B-4: Seeing, Not Seeing
  • 1981
    Circle & Square

    Circle & Square

    Circle & Square

    01981HD

    The 1981 performance Circle & Square by Takahiko Iimura, New York-based Japanese film and video pioneer, evolved from the artist's interest in...

    Circle & Square
  • 1989
    New York Day and Night: A Journey through Light and Darkness

    New York Day and Night: A Journey through Light and Darkness

    New York Day and Night: A Journey through Light and Darkness

    01989HD

    A journey through light and darkness reflected on the city of New York.

    New York Day and Night: A Journey through Light and Darkness
  • 1981
    Talking Picture (The Structure of Film Viewing)

    Talking Picture (The Structure of Film Viewing)

    Talking Picture (The Structure of Film Viewing)

    01981HD

    Consisting of four parts: Between the Frames; Seeing Nothing; The Privilege to See; I Am A Viewer / You Are A Viewer. The film demonstrates and...

    Talking Picture (The Structure of Film Viewing)
  • 2023
    Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973

    Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973

    Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973

    02023HD

    In 1973 the Kino Arsenal – then in its Welserstraße location in Berlin-Schöneberg – showed a programme of videos by the...

    Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973
  • 1973
    1 To 60 Seconds

    1 To 60 Seconds

    1 To 60 Seconds

    01973HD

    "In 1 to 60 Seconds Iimura does an extraordinary thing: he abstracts time from any concrete associations, seems to put it on the screen and there you...

    1 To 60 Seconds
  • 1991
    Fluxus Replayed

    Fluxus Replayed

    Fluxus Replayed

    01991HD

    The film reproduces the historic performances by some of the iconic artists of Fluxus from the 60s: Nam June Paik, Yoko Ono, Dick Higgins, George...

    Fluxus Replayed
  • 1991
    Concept Tapes 2

    Concept Tapes 2

    Concept Tapes 2

    01991HD

    Concept Tapes 2
  • 1964
    Inside & Outside

    Inside & Outside

    Inside & Outside

    01964HD

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

    Inside & Outside
  • 1962
    Love

    Love

    Love

    81962HD

    "10 minutes of the act of creation itself run through close up and magnifying lenses. " -T.I.

    Love
  • 1976
    Camera, Monitor, Frame

    Camera, Monitor, Frame

    Camera, Monitor, Frame

    01976HD

    Camera, Monitor, Frame is the first installment of Takahiko Iimura's "Video Semiotics Triptych" (the other two works are Observer/Observed, made in...

    Camera, Monitor, Frame
  • 1989
    MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-ji

    MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-ji

    MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-ji

    01989HD

    The early sixteenth-century Japanese garden in the Zen temple of Ryoan-ji, in Kyoto, is considered a masterpiece of the karesansui or "dry landscape"...

    MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-ji
  • 1978
    Sync Sound

    Sync Sound

    Sync Sound

    01978HD

    Using the system of academy leader: 10 to 1, the film replaces the number to white space with bip sound (clear leader) gradually until it reaches to...

    Sync Sound
  • 1970
    Film Strips I

    Film Strips I

    Film Strips I

    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 I
  • 1975
    Observer / Observed

    Observer / Observed

    Observer / Observed

    01975HD

    Cameras observing each other.

    Observer / Observed
  • 1972
    Models: A-1: 2 Min. 46 Sec. 16 Frames

    Models: A-1: 2 Min. 46 Sec. 16 Frames

    Models: A-1: 2 Min. 46 Sec. 16 Frames

    01972HD

    By using simple systems of counting and measuring in film, Iimura has drawn attention to the complexities of our time perception – memory,...

    Models: A-1: 2 Min. 46 Sec. 16 Frames
  • 1962
    Dada 62

    Dada 62

    Dada 62

    01962HD

    Yomiuri Independent was an annual show between 1949-1963 that exhibited all art that was submitted. Artists in the early 60s began to take advantage...

    Dada 62