Events

Still from Yōji Kuri, The Midnight Parasites (Kiseichū no ichiya), 1972, 10 min, color, sound, 35mm transferred to digital. ©️Yoji Kuri

 

Time & Location

February 11, 7pm EST
Lightbox Film Center

Philadelphia (PA)

About

Collaborative Cataloging Japan(CCJ) is pleased to co-present with Lightbox Film Center three screening programs under the Japanese Experimental Animation project. The first screening on February 11th will be curated by Fusako Matsu.

In 1973, the animator Yōji Kuri released a series of short films documenting the internationally active artists Shūsaku Arakawa, Sawako Gōda, Ushio Shinohara, Nobuo Sekine, and Tadanori Yokoo. The series, titled Geijutsu to Seikatsu to Iken (Art, Life and Opinions), consists of one film per artist, each about 20 minutes in length. They are in a voiceover format, with artists’ narration superimposed on images of their art and footage of them working, each of them speaking about their work and the inspirations and cultural context of their practice.

This program will present Yōji Kuri’s classic LOVE, as well as The Bathroom and The Midnight Parasites, which were shown for the first time at the initial screening event, “Art, Life and Opinions.” In the spirit of featuring recent digitizations, we are also pleased to present two titles out of the Art, Life and Opinions series: The Art, Life and Opinions of Shūsaku Arakawa and The Art, Life and Opinions of Ushio Shinohara. Further, we are very pleased to welcome Ushio Shinohara in person, to discuss the interview with art historian Reiko Tomii after the screening. This program is generously supported, in part, by The Japan Foundation New York.

The lineup is as follows:
Yōji Kuri: Art, Life and Opinions
Yōji Kuri, Love, 1963, 5 min, color, sound, 35mm transferred to digital
Yōji Kuri, The Bathroom, 1972, 10 min, b/w, sound, 35mm transferred to digital
Yōji Kuri, Art, Life and Opinions: Shūsaku Arakawa (Arakawa Shūsaku no Geijutsu to Seikatsu to Iken), 1973,
                20 min, b/w, sound, 16mm transferred to digital
Yōji Kuri, The Midnight Parasites (Kiseichū no ichiya), 1972, 10 min, color, sound, 35mm transferred to digital
Yōji Kuri, Art, Life and Opinions: Ushio Shinohara (Shinohara Ushio no Geijutsu to Seikatsu to Iken), 1973,                     21 min, color, sound, 16mm transferred to digital

Total: 66 min

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This event is supported through the JFNY Grant for Arts & Culture.