[KineJapan] Oki Hiroyuki

[Aaron Gerow]

I was shocked and very sad to hear of the passing of Oki Hiroyuki, one of the pioneer queer filmmakers and artists in Japan. He was only 61. Working in a variety of media and genres, from experimental film to pink film, from documentary to gallery art, Oki-san was a daring artist who made the body not only the subject but the method of his art. News spread quickly at the YIDFF this morning of his sudden passing because Oki-san not only showed work at the festival, but served as a juror. I interviewed for the YIDFF's Documentary Box back in 1998. RIP to a very unique and original artist.

This is the interview, in English and Japanese:

https://www.yidff.jp/docbox/11/box11-2-e.html



Aaron Gerow
KineJapan owner

Professor
Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University

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