“In WHITE CALLIGRAPHY RE-READ, Takahiko Iimura returns to his early work. WHITE CALLIGRAPHY, which he originally made in 1967 by scratching characters from ‘Kojiki’, an early Japanese text, into the frames of 16mm black leader. In this re-reading of the illegible work, the film is slowed down and briefly arrested at random using digital processing while suddenly legible words are voiced by the artist in an accompanying soundtrack. Part translation (not only between Japanese and English but between media languages), part abstract interplay of picture sound and word.”
– Dr. Duncan White (University of Arts London)
WHITE CALLIGRAPHY RE-READ
Directed By Takahiko Iimura
Japan | Documentary | 12 min
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Photosensitivity
Japanese, English
English
2010
12 minutes
Experimental
Documentary
Japan
Takahiko Iimura
Takahiko Iimura was born in Tokyo and was a graduate of Keio University. His film, Onan, won the Special Prize at the Brussels International Independent Film Festival in 1964. He published a seminal work on experimental filmmaking in 1970, Geijutsu to higeijutsu no aida, and a biography of Yoko Ono, Ono Yōko hito to sakuhin, in 1985. Iimura made much of his film in New York City and became a professor at the Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design in 1992. Iimura passed in 2022.