Takahiko Iimura Los Angeles retrospective Feb 27- March 9, 2009

[Jonathan M Hall]

For Immediate Release
For information, screeners, and stills, please contact Adam Hyman
Executive Director, Los Angeles Filmforum
lafilmforum at yahoo.com

FILMMAKER/ARTIST TAKAHIKO IIMURA APPEARING
IN LOS ANGELES CITY-WIDE RETROSPECTIVE, FEBRUARY 27 – MARCH 9, 2009

The Japanese filmmaker and artist Takahiko Iimura will be the subject  
of an unprecedented ten-day multi-venue celebration in Southern  
California, with Iimura in person, from February 27 to March 9,  
2009.  This series of events was organized by Adam Hyman of Los  
Angeles Filmforum and made possible by a grant from the Japan  
Foundation.

Iimura will make in-person public appearances at Los Angeles  
Filmforum, the UCLA Film & Television Archive, REDCAT, the University  
of Southern California East Asian Studies Center and School of  
Cinematic Arts, Cal Arts Bijou Theatre, and UC Irvine.  He will also  
be conducting student workshops at UCLA and USC.

"To review all of Iimura's work is an important occasion for all who  
are concerned with the development and pleasures of cinema as an  
art." -- Jonas Mekas (Director, Anthology Film Archives, New York)

Takahiko Iimura is considered one of the most influential and  
important experimental filmmakers of our time. In an era of the  
explosion of Underground Film in the States, Iimura, almost alone in  
Tokyo, began making experimental film just reading the news from  
abroad without actually seeing them. His work explores wide range of  
experiments from poetic cinema with Dadaist and Surrealist influence  
and Absurdist filmic play in the 1960's through more formal and  
conceptual investigations in the 1970's and the later. He is also a  
widely established international artist, having numerous exhibitions  
including installation and performance in Japan, the USA, and Europe.

One of his early films, "Onan", was awarded Special Prize at the  
legendary Brussels International Experimental Film Festival, l964.   
He has continued working through the present, creating a fruitful and  
far-ranging oeuvre in multiple manifestations exploring light, space,  
time, nature, semiology, philosophy, and technology with the  
background of Japanese arts. Recently he has been involved in using  
the computer, publishing multimedia CD-ROMs/DVDs combining film,  
video, graphics, text, and animation.  http://www.takaiimura.com/

Takahiko Iimura will be in person at ALL screenings.  The series was  
organized by Adam Hyman of Los Angeles Filmforum.  For full  
information see http://lafilmforum.wordpress.com/ This is an  
unparalleled example of cooperation among Southern California  
screening organizations and universities.

These programs supported by a grant from the Japan Foundation.    
http://www.jflalc.org/

Los Angeles Filmforum is the city’s longest-running organization that  
screens non-commercial experimental and avant-garde films and video  
art, documentaries, and animation. 2009 is its 33rd year.

SUMMARY OF EVENTS

Friday Feb 27, 7:30 pm – Venue: UCLA Film & Television Archive at the  
Billy Wilder Theater
Admission $10 general online, $9 general at window, $8 students/ 
seniors/Cineclub members
The Billy Wilder Theater is located in the Hammer Museum, 10899  
Wilshire Blvd., at the northeast corner of the intersection of  
Wilshire and Westwood Blvds., just east of the 405. Parking is $3 in  
the lot under the theater. Enter from Westwood Blvd., just north of  
Wilshire.
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/public/calendar/calendar_f.html

“FILM POEMS”: 1960-70s
Iro (Colors)  (1962, 16mm (8mm Blow Up), color, Music: Yasunao Tone,  
12 min.)
Taka and Ako (1966, 16mm (8mm Blow Up), b/w, silent, 16FPS, 15 min.)
White Calligraphy  (1967, 16mm, b/w, silent, 11 min.)
Kiri (Fog)  (1970, 16mm (8mm Blow Up), b/w, silent, 16FPS, 7 min.)
Film Strips I  (1970, 16mm, b/w, silent, 11.5 min.)
Film Strips II  (1970, 16mm, b/w, silent, 13.5 min.)
The Pacific Ocean  (1971, 16mm (8mm Blow Up), color, silent, 16FPS,  
13 min.)
Total 83 min.

Sunday March 1, 7:00 pm– Venue: Los Angeles Filmforum (at the  
Egyptian Theater)
Admission $10 general, $6 students/seniors, free for Filmforum members
At the Egyptian theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. at Las Palmas, Los  
Angeles CA 90028
Parking on streets, or validated, 4 hours for $2 at the City lot at  
the Hollywood & Highland complex
http://lafilmforum.wordpress.com/
For reservations, email the name & number in your party to  
lafilmforum at yahoo.com <mailto:lafilmforum at yahoo.com>

"60s EXPERIMENTS": Early experimental films from 60s
Kuzu (Junk) (1962, 16mm, b/w, sound, Music: Takehisa Kosugi, 10 min.)
Ai (Love) (1962, 16mm, b/w, sound by Yoko Ono, 15 min.)
On Eye Rape (1962, 16mm, b/w, silent, 10 min.)
A Dance Party in the Kingdom of Lilliput No. 1 (1964, 16mm, b/w,  
sound, 14 min.)
Onan (1963, 16mm, B/W, 7min., Music: Yasunao Tone)

"Early Conceptual Videos" (DVD, 23 min. total) - Early conceptual  
videos from 70s (DVD)
Includes A Chair (1970, 6 min.), Blinking (1970, 2 min.), Time Tunnel  
(1971, 5 min.) Man and Woman (1971, 2 min.), Visual Logic (and  
Illogic) (1977, 8 min.)
Total 72 min.

Tuesday March 3, 7:00 pm – Venue: The California Institute of the  
Arts (Bijou Theater)
California Institute of the Arts – 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, CA  
91355 (661) 255.1050
Exit on McBean Parway on the 5 North, then turn to the right on McBean.
Admission Free
 From “60s EXPERIMENTS”:
Kuzu (Junk) (1962, 16mm, b/w, sound, Music: Takehisa Kosugi, 10 Min.)
Ai (Love) (1962, 16mm, b/w, sound by Yoko Ono, 15 Min.,)
On Eye Rape (1962, 16mm, b/w, silent, 10 Min.)
A Dance Party in the Kingdom of Lilliput No. 1 (1964, 16mm, b/w,  
sound, 14 Min.)

PERFORMANCE/MYSELF (Or Video Identity) (1972-1995, DVD, 7 pieces,  
total 29 min.) which includes
Self Identity (1972, 1 min. extract)
Double Identity (1979, 1.5 min. extract)
Double Portrait ( 1973-1987, 5 min.)
I Love You (1973-1987, 4.5 min.)
This Is A Camera Which Shoots This (1982-1995, 5 min.)
As I See You You See Me (1990-1995, 7 min.)
I Am A Viewer, You Are A Viewer (1981, 4 min.)
Total: 78 min.

Wednesday March 4, 12:00 pm – Venue: UC IRVINE
Admission Free
UC Irvine Humanities Instructional Building 135
Programs Sponsored by the UCI Center for Asian Studies and the UCI   
Program in Visual Studies.
For further information about the Irvine shows. Please email  
jmhall at uci.edu

Map: Download a free UCI Campus map at: http://www.uci.edu/campusmap
Directions: From the 405 or I-5, exit Jamboree and go west. Turn LEFT  
on Campus Dr. Turn RIGHT onto the UCI Campus at W. Peltason Drive.  
The Pereira  Parking Structure is on your left and the Humanities  
Instructional Building is right in front of you.
 From SR73, exit University Dr. and go EAST. Turn RIGHT on Campus Dr.
Turn RIGHT onto the UCI Campus at W. Peltason Drive. The Pereira   
Parking Structure is on your left.
Parking is available in the Pereira Parking Structure.

“LANDSCAPE FILMS-WORKS FROM THE 1980s”
Air’s Rock – [DVD, including Moments at the Rock, (1984, color,  
sound, 12 min.) and A Rock in the Light (1985/2008, 18 min. Music:  
Haruyuki Suzuki, 2008)]
New York Hotsprings (1984, DVD, b/w, 10 min. Part of Experiments in  
New York)
New York Day and Night  (1989, DVD, color, Music: Takehisa Kosugi, 58  
min.)
Total:  90 min.

Wednesday March 4, 8:00 pm – Venue: UC IRVINE
Admission Free
UC Irvine Humanities Hall 178
Programs Sponsored by the UCI Center for Asian Studies and the UCI  
Program in Visual Studies.
Map: Download a free UCI Campus map at: http://www.uci.edu/campusmap
Directions: From the 405 or I-5, exit Jamboree and go west. Turn LEFT  
on Campus  Dr. Turn RIGHT onto the UCI Campus at W. Peltason Drive.  
The Pereira Parking Structure is on your left and the Humanities  
Instructional Building is right in front of you.
 From SR73, exit University Dr. and go EAST. Turn RIGHT on Campus Dr.
Turn RIGHT onto the UCI Campus at W. Peltason Drive. The Pereira   
Parking Structure is on your left.
Parking is available in the Pereira Parking Structure.

Selections from “Film Poems”: 1960-70s
Iro (Colors)  (1962, 16mm (8mm Blow Up), color, Music: Yasunao Tone,  
12min.)
Taka and Ako (1966, 16mm(8mm Blow Up), black and white, silent,  
16FPS, 15 min.)
White Calligraphy  (1967, 16mm, black and white, silent, 11 min.)
Kiri (Fog)  (1970, 16mm(8mm Blow Up), black and white, silent, 16FPS,  
7 min.)
Film Strips I  (1970, 16mm, black and white, silent, 11.5 min.)

Onan (1963, 16mm, B/W, 7min., Music: Yasunao Tone)

And from early conceptual videos:
PERFORMANCE/MYSELF (Or Video Identity) ( 1972-1995, DVD, 7 pieces,  
total 29 min.) which includes
Self Identity (1972, 1 min. extract)
Double Identity (1979, 1.5 min.extract)
Double Portrait ( 1973-1987, 5 min.)
I Love You (1973-1987, 4.5 min.)
This Is A Camera Which Shoots This (1982-1995, 5 min.)
As I See You You See Me (1990-1995, 7 min.)
I Am A Viewer, You Are A Viewer (1981, 4 min.)

Thursday March 5, 2:30 – 4:30 pm  Venue: University of Southern  
California Social Sciences Building, room B-40
Free and open to the public.  Reception for filmmaker at 5 PM,  
followed by USC Cinematheque screening at 7 PM. Social Sciences  
Building is central on campus, across from Taper Hall.
Campus map (F4): http://www.usc.edu/private/about/visit_usc/ 
USC_UPC_map_color.pdf <http://www.usc.edu/private/about/visit_usc/ 
USC_UPC_map_color.pdf>
Parking is available for $8. Enter campus through Gate #3 off of  
Figueroa St. and USC McCarthy Way. Off-campus metered parking is also  
available on Jefferson Blvd. and Figueroa St.
For more information and to RSVP for the workshop, please send email  
to eascrsvp at usc.edu or call 213-740-2991.
Program Sponsored by the East Asian Studies Center

A WORKSHOP & PRESENTATION WITH “MA: A Japanese Concept” (DVD)
Ma: Space/Time In The Garden Of Ryoan-Ji (1989, 16mm, Color, Music:  
Takehisa Kosugi, 16 min.)
The Making Of "Ma" In Ryoan-Ji (1989, B/W and Color, 8 min., Sound);
Ma : The Stones Have Moved (2004, B/W and Color, 10 min., Silent);
Ma (Intervals) (1977, B&W and Color, 10 min., Excerpt out of 22 min.,)
Total 44 min

Thursday March 5, 7:00 pm  Venue: University of Southern California  
School of Cinematic Arts (Cinematheque 108 Theater, George Lucas  
Building, 1st floor)
Admission free

“WORKS FROM THE LATE 1960s - EARLY1970s”
Filmmakers (1969, 28min., Portrait of filmmakers: Andy Warhol, Stan  
Vanderbeek, Stan Brackage, Jonas Mekas, Jack Smith, and Takahiko Iimura)
In the River (1971, 16mm, color, sound, 12min/revised, 2009)
Shutter (1971, 16mm, b/w, Music: Keijiro Satoh,  25min.)
1 To 60 Seconds  (1973, 16mm, b/w, 31min.)
Total 96min.

Sunday March 8, 7:00 pm - Venue: Los Angeles Filmforum (at the  
Egyptian Theater)
Admission $10 general, $6 students/seniors, free for Filmforum members
At the Egyptian theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. at Las Palmas, Los  
Angeles CA 90028
Parking on streets, or validated, 4 hours for $2 at the City lot at  
the Hollywood & Highland complex
http://lafilmforum.wordpress.com/
For reservations, email the name & number in your party to  
lafilmforum at yahoo.com <mailto:lafilmforum at yahoo.com>

  “RECENT WORKS”
John Cage Performs James Joyce (1985, DVD, color, 15min, Music: John  
Cage)
Aiueonn Six Features (1982-1994,DVD, 15 min.)
Observer/Observed and Other Works of Video Semiology (1976 (First  
Version), B/W, DVD, 22 min,)
Seeing / Hearing / Speaking (2002, DVD, b/w, 33 min.)
I Am (Not) Seen (2003, DVD, color, 5min. Music; Makoto Sato)
Total 90 min.

Monday March 9, 8:30 pm – Venue: REDCAT (Roy & Edna Disney Cal Arts  
Theatre)
Admission $9 general, $7 students, $5 Cal Arts students, faculty& staff
REDCAT is located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles at 631 W. 2nd  
St., on the northeast corner of the intersection with Hope St. We are  
housed in the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex but have our own  
separate street entrance on 2nd St.
Tickets may be purchased by calling 213.237.2800 or at www.redcat.org  
or in person at the REDCAT Box Office on the corner of 2nd and Hope  
Streets (30 minutes free parking with validation). Box Office Hours:  
Tue-Sat | noon–6 pm and two hours prior to curtain.
Funded in part with generous support from Wendy Keys and Donald Pels.

“ON TIME IN FILM, 1970s”
2 Min. 46 Sec. 16 Frames (100feet) (from Model, Reel 1, 1972, 16mm,  
black and white, sound, 9 min,)
24 Frames Per Second (1975, 16mm, B&W, 12 min.)
Timed 1,2,3 (from Models, Reel 1, 1972, 16mm, B/W, 11 min., Sound)
One Frame Duration (1977, 16mm, B/W, 12 min., Sound)
+ & - (Plus and Minus) (1973, 16mm, B/W, 26 min, Sound)
I Am (Not) Seen (2003, DVD, color, 5 min. Music; Makoto Sato)
Total 75 min.
  
  
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