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Takahiko Iimura

Directing · Born 1937-02-20 · Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Takahiko Iimura has been a pioneer artist of Japanese experimental film and video, working with film since l960 and with video since 1970 while residing in New York and Tokyo. He is a widely established international artist, having numerous solo exhibitions in major museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Whitney Museum, New York, Anthology Film Archives, New York, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, the National Gallery Jeu de Paume, Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Reina Sofia National Museum, Madrid, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo in addition to an artist residency at the German Academy of Arts, Berlin, and Bellagio Rockefeller Foundation Study Center, Bellagio, Italy.

Known for

Filmography

2023Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973Director
2013KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–
2012Film Workshop In SANGENJAYA - Summer
2011Associations of Silverpencils
2008A Rock In The LightDirector
2004Ma: The Stones Haved MovedDirector
2003I am (Not) SeenDirector
2002Un Ange Passe
1997Birth of a NationSelf
1996Sky and GroundDirector
1995This Is a Camera Which Shoots ThisDirector
1995As I See You You See MeDirector
1993A I U E O NN Six Features
1991Concept tape 3 (Performance)Director
1991Fluxus ReplayedDirector
1991Concept Tapes 1Director
1991Concept Tapes 2Director
1990To The Garden of Water LiliesDirector
1989MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-jiDirector
1989New York Day and Night: A Journey through Light and DarknessDirector
1989The Making of MA in Ryoan-jiDirector
1989Scared to DeathDirector
1989Monet Garden SynthesizedDirector
1987I Love YouDirector
1987Double PortraitDirector
1985Moments At The RockDirector
1985Air's RockDirector
1985Home Movies 1971-81
1985John Cage Performs James JoyceDirector
1984Shadowman (The Structure of Seeing and Hearing)Director
1984New York Hot SpringsDirector
1981Talking Picture (The Structure of Film Viewing)Director
1981Talking in New YorkDirector
1981I Am A Viewer You Are A ViewerDirector
1981Circle & SquareDirector
1978Four Shadows
1978Sync SoundDirector
1977Visual Logic (and Illogic)Director
1977MA (Intervals)Director
1977One Frame DurationDirector
1976Camera, Monitor, FrameDirector
1976Observer / Observed / ObserverWriter
197524 Frames per SecondDirector
1975Observer / ObservedWriter
19731 To 60 SecondsDirector
1973Plus and MinusDirector
1972Timed 1, 2, 3Director
1972Yoko Ono: This Is Not HereProducer
1972Models: B-4: Seeing, Not SeeingDirector
1972Models: A-1: 2 Min. 46 Sec. 16 FramesDirector
1972Models: A-2: Timing 1, 2, 3, 4Director
1972Models: A-3: Time Length 1,2,3,4Director
1972Models: B-1: Counting, 100 Or X'sDirector
1972Models: B-2: A Line 1, 2, 3Director
1972Models: B-3: To See the Frame, Not to See the FrameDirector
1971ShutterDirector
1971Man and WomanDirector
1971Time TunnelDirector
1971The Pacific OceanDirector
1970A ChairDirector
1970BlinkingDirector
1970Kiri (The Fog)Director
1970In The RiverDirector
1970Film Strips IDirector
1970Film Strips IIDirector
1970Buddha AgainDirector
1969FaceDirector
1969FilmmakersHimself
1969FlowersDirector
1967Shelter 9999Director
1967Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental CinemaDirector
1967White CalligraphyDirector
1967New York ScenesDirector
1966Why Don't You SneezeDirector
1966Iro (Colors)Director
1966Honey MoonDirector
1966I Saw the ShadowDirector
1966Taka and AkoDirector
1965Rose Color DanceDirector
1964Inside & OutsideDirector
1964My DocumentaryDirector
1964A Dance Party in the Kingdom of LilliputDirector
1964Dead MovieDirector
1963The MasseursDirector
1963OnanDirector
1963Sakasama (Upside Down)Director
1963DesadeDirector
19626x6 (Oukan Densentsu)Director
1962LoveDirector
1962JunkDirector
1962On Eye RapeDirector
1962Dada 62Director
—Ukiyo UkareDirector

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