Air's Rock.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bloomsbury Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Film--Japan.

Film.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file)

Distribution:

London: Bloomsbury Video. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2022.

Other Title:

Bloomsbury Video Library.

Place of Publication:

Japan, Melbourne: Takahiko Iimura. 1971.

Biography/History:

Since the 1960s, Takahiko Iimura's explorations of the moving image have probed the relationship between media, time and language and have strived to redefine the exhibition of cinema as a mode of performance. He has worked closely with the giants of experimental film such as members of the Hi-Red Centre and Fluxus, Yoko Ono, Jonas Mekas, John Cage, Stan Brakhage and Stan Vanderbeek. His uncompromising work, bridges boundaries between film and performance art. <i>"Although Taka was and continues to be an active part of the New York avant-garde scene, he always remained an enigmatic, mysterious presence, pursuing his own unique route through the very center of the avant-garde cinema. While the intensity and the fire of the American avant-garde film movement inspired him and attracted him, his Japanese origins contributed decisively to his uncompromising explorations of cinema's minimalist and conceptualist possibilities. He has explored this direction of cinema in greater depth than anyone else."</i> -Jonas Mekas <i>"From the 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"</i> - Malcolm Le Grice .

Summary:

<i>"A huge isolated rock in the midst of desert in Australia: Ayers Rock. I produced two films around this rock; however, the method of the filming are different. The first, "Moments At The Rock," shot with an amateur video camera, was made as a free style improvisational film. The camera got strange halations from the strong sunshine in the desert of Australia, and I was quite surprised by the result which surpassed the color change caused by nature over the rock. This film was awarded Grand Prize at the Edison International Film Festival. In "A Rock In The Light", I requested the music of Haruyuki Suzuki, a contemporary composer. This music is unified with the image, which is visually structured, setting the rock at the center, along the axis of light. For the new film version, I titled "Air's Rock"</i> - Takahiko Iimura .

Credits:

Director, Takahiko Iimura.

Notes:

<i>Moments at the Rock</i> (1985, 11min.) Grand Prize Award, Thomas Edison International Film Festival Golden Gate Prize Award, San Francisco International Film Festival

ISBN:

9781350903678

OCLC:

1356505201

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.