Observer/Observed
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Consisting of three pieces: 1) "Camera, Monitor, Frame" (1976) 8 min. 2) "Observer/Observed" (1975) 8 min. 3) "Observer/Observed/Observer" (1976) 6 min. A multimedia with video, text, graphics and animation, and is interactive among them. With Takahiko iimura and Kazuyo Yasuda. Co-production with the Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada and Euphonic Inc., Tokyo "Iimura is at his best deconstructing and reconstructing the video apparatus. Elemental and elegant, these works confront issues of language and semiotics through forms of direct address. Incisively presented, this CD-ROM offers a new generation access to classic works of video art and theory" – Peter d'Agostino, professor of media arts, Temple University, Philadelphia Awarded, Director's Choice Award, Black Maria Film & Video Festival, Jersey City, 1998, and Bronze Prize, New York Expo Festival, New York, 2000. (All video version)
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Celebrating Takahiko Iimura
A celebration of Takahiko Iimura before his return to Japan after six decades in New York
“From early sixties, though Japanese, Iimura was well known as one of the first generation of the New York Underground … For many years, Japanese experimental film was Takahiko Iimura.” – Malcolm Le Grice, Time Out, London.
Films
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ExperimentalEarly Film Poems
Takahiko Iimurasound, 44 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalAi (Love)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalIro (Colors)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalKuzu (Junk)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read More

On Eye Rape
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalScreen Play
Takahiko Iimuracolor, sound, 10 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalDesade
Takahiko Iimurablack and white, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalSakasama (Upside Down)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, silent, 13 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalRose Color Dance
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 13 minRental format: 16mm - Read More

Onan
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 7 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalAnma (The Massure)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 13 minRental formats: 16mm, DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalA Dance Party in the Kingdom of Lilliput No. 1
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 14 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalEye For Eye, Ear for Ear
Takahiko Iimurablack and white, sound, 25 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalI Saw the Shadow
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 13 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalTaka and Ako
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 13 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalExperiments in New York
Takahiko IimuraDVD, color and b/w, sound, 29 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalWriting With Light: White Calligraphy
Takahiko Iimurablack and white, soundRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalWhite Calligraphy
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 18.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalNew York Scene
Takahiko Iimura16mm, silent, 35 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalSummer, Happenings, U. S. A.
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 28 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalFace
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, sound, 20.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalFor Filmic Meditation
Takahiko Iimuracolor and b/w, sound, 42 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalFilmmakers
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, sound, 30 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC, VHS NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalFilm Strips II
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 13.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalBuddha Again (a. k. a. Cosmic Buddha)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, sound, 16.25 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalA Chair & Blinking
Takahiko IimuraDVD (NTSC), black and white, sound, 8 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalKiri (Fog)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalFilm Strips I
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 11.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalYoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Takahiko IimuraDVD, color, sound, 18 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalShutter
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 25 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalThe Pacific Ocean
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, silent, 30 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalIn The River
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, sound, 19.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalPerformance/Myself (Or Video Identity)
Takahiko Iimuracolor and b/w, sound, 29 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalOn Duration in Film
Takahiko Iimurablack and white, sound, 39 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalModels: A-3: Time Length 1,2,3,4
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 12 minRental format: 16mm - Read More

Models: B-4: Seeing, Not Seeing
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, 4 minRental formats: 16mm, DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalModels: A-2: Timing 1, 2, 3, 4
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 11.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalJapanese Experimental Films - 1970s
Takahiko Iimuracolor and b/w, sound, 64 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalModels: A-4: Timed 1,2,3
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 7.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More

Models: B-1: Counting, 100 Or X's
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, 11.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More

Models: B-2: A Line 1, 2, 3
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, 9.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More

Models: B-3: To See the Frame, Not to See the Frame
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, 11.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalModels: A-1: 2 Min. 46 Sec. 16 Frames
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 9 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
Experimental1 To 60 Seconds
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 30.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More

+ & - (Plus and Minus)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 26 min - Read More

Parallel
Takahiko Iimura16mm - Read More
ExperimentalOn Time In Film/DVD
Takahiko Iimurablack and white, sound, 33 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
Experimental24 Frames Per Second (Revised)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 12 min