Hi, I am Takahiko iimura, Japanese film/video/artist, I know Paul Sharits and Woody Vasulka both of the artists. > I am Takahiko iimura, Japanese film/video/performance artist from Tokyo who > met them as they invited me for a screening and lecture in their class. > I brought my films there and the students are at first felt the strangeness > but later accepted. > I specially liked Paul Sharits works.
> Since then I was invited there again later. > Also I liked their film and video so that I asked them later to participate > in a Japanese film > festival. They accepted and those were screened in Tokyo. > specially iked Paul Sharits worksI specially iked Paul Sharits works. > > I specially liked Paul Sharits works. > > That was the beginning of exchange between Buffalo and Tokyo. > > I am now only remembering them and their works. > > Looking forward to seeing their works, again. > > Takahiko iimura< film/video/performance artist > > Below is my film/art career and please look at: > > TAKAHIKO IIMURA > Takahiko Iimura (b. 1937, Tokyo) is an artist and filmmaker who went and back > between Tokyo and New York living in both cities. Presenting screenings at > gallery spaces, including the first at > Naiqua Cinematheque screenings held at Naiqua Gallery, Tokyo, in 1963, > Iimura’s peers mostly consisted of artists rather than filmmakers, which led > to several collaborations: Yoko Ono created the sound of “Ai(Love)” > (1962-63); Natsuyuki Nakanishi co-directed “On Eye Rape “ (1963), an early > Japanese found footage film; and Sho Kazakura performed happenings for the > camera in “Dance Party in the Kingdom of Lilliput “(1964). These > collaborations influenced the way Iimura presented his films, which led to > his early experiments in expanded cinema and, eventually, film and video > installations. After winning a group prize at the experimental film festival > EXPRMNTL in Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium, in 1963, Iimura co-founded the Film > Independents with the other recipients. Encouraged by a positive review of > his film “Ai (Love)” by Jonas Mekas, Iimura relocated to New York in 1966 > where he initiated further collaborations, with Alvin Lucier. Returning to > Tokyo in 1969, Iimura began immersing himself in video art and, ever since, > has been considered a pioneer of expanded cinema, video art and film > installation in Japan. His works have been presented at Centre Pompidou, > British National Museum, Museum of Modern Art,London, New York,Museum of > Modern Art ,Rome ,Dutch Eye Museum. Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, the Museum > of Modern Art Tokyo and Tokyo Photographic Museum. > > > > >> > 2021/08/10 16:10、Kolberg, Sarah <[email protected]> のメール： > >> Hi Greg: >> >> Always excited to see people working on Paul’s work – he was a dear friend. >> Despite a significant difference in age, in the final years of his life he >> dated one of my dearest friends so we hung out together quite a lot. >> Somewhere in my storage I have a burned dress he made for a “fashion show”. >> >> In any event, I know Woody has passed, but Steina should still be able to be >> reached at >> 505-424-8786 >> [email protected] >> >> she may have some recollections that would help you. >> >> all best, >> >> ~ sarah >> >> >> From: Frameworks <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Gregory >> Zinman >> Sent: Friday, August 6, 2021 8:03 PM >> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Paul Sharits and Woody Vasulka? >> >> Many thanks for this, Laura—totally new to me, and fascinating stuff, too. >> >> Greatly appreciated, and all best, >> >> Greg >> >> >> >> On Aug 6, 2021, at 5:53 PM, Laura McGough <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Greg - >> >> Are you talking about the Color Printing System meant to be built at the >> Center for Media Study at UB? If so, the answer is no, but there is a dense >> document created by Tony Conrad in the Vasulka Archive in which he worked >> out the specs for the system. I believe Tony and Woody we’re going to >> collaborate on the construction of this system. >> >> http://www.vasulka.org/archive/Artists1/Conrad,Tony/ColorPrintingSystem.pdf >> >> Best, >> >> Laura McGough >> >> >> On Aug 6, 2021, at 3:17 PM, Christine Downing <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> I know he used a Color-Aid packet for color frames in some of his work. I >> saw it at his house once and asked him about it. I don't remember seeing >> the set up, but it could have been shot with an animation stand or taped to >> a wall. This doesn't address the question about a device Woody made for Paul. >> https://www.dickblick.com/items/color-aid-paper-packet-4-12-x-6-assorted-pkg-of-220/ >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 2:55 PM Eric Theise <[email protected]> wrote: >> I hope Greg doesn't mind me horning in on his question but I hope any >> answers/discussion will cc: frameworks as I'm always interested in learning >> more about Sharits' ways of working with color. >> >> Thanks, Eric >> >> P.S. Anyone been to/going to Anthology's Razor Blades restoration >> screenings?http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=8&year=2021#showing-53606 >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 11:36 AM Zinman, Gregory A <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Hi Frameworkers, >> >> I am researching Paul Sharits’ working methods for an essay I am writing. >> Does anyone know anything about a light/color device that Woody Vasulka >> might have made for Sharits to photograph color images? If anyone has any >> information, or has a reference, it would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks, and all best, >> >> Greg >> -- >> Gregory Zinman, Ph.D. >> Associate Chair and Associate Professor >> School of Literature, Media, and Communication >> Georgia Institute of Technology >> >> Curator, 725 Ponce >> >> pronouns: he/him >> >> Making Images Move: Handmade Cinema and the Other Arts (University of >> California Press, 2020) >> >> Handmade Cinema website >> >> We Are in Open Circuits: Writings by Nam June Paik (The MIT Press, 2019) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Frameworks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >> -- >> Frameworks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >> -- >> Frameworks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >> -- >> Frameworks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >> >> -- >> Frameworks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >
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