Movies

  • 1985
    Air's Rock

    Air's Rock

    Air's Rock

    01985HD

    A portmanteau of two films about Uluru (then known as Ayres Rock). "A huge isolated rock in the midst of desert in Australia: Ayers Rock. I produced...

    Air's Rock
  • 1964
    Inside & Outside

    Inside & Outside

    Inside & Outside

    01964HD

    Short film for the "A Commercial for Myself" programme.

    Inside & Outside
  • 1972
    Models: A-2: Timing 1, 2, 3, 4

    Models: A-2: Timing 1, 2, 3, 4

    Models: A-2: Timing 1, 2, 3, 4

    01972HD

    Takahiko Iimura's Models Series

    Models: A-2: Timing 1, 2, 3, 4
  • 1993
    A I U E O NN Six Features

    A I U E O NN Six Features

    A I U E O NN Six Features

    01993HD

    Experimental film involving letters.

    A I U E O NN Six Features
  • 1971
    The Pacific Ocean

    The Pacific Ocean

    The Pacific Ocean

    01971HD

    Shot on 8mm on the 12-day boat journey between Yokohama and San Francisco, Iimura's The Pacific Ocean consumes the anticipation and uncertainties of...

    The Pacific Ocean
  • 2008
    A Rock In The Light

    A Rock In The Light

    A Rock In The Light

    02008HD

    In “A Rock In The Light”, I requested the music of Haruyuki Suzuki, a contemporary composer. This music is unified with the image, which...

    A Rock In The Light
  • 1966
    Taka and Ako

    Taka and Ako

    Taka and Ako

    01966HD

    Short film featuring Takahiko and Akiko Iimura

    Taka and Ako
  • 1995
    This Is a Camera Which Shoots This

    This Is a Camera Which Shoots This

    This Is a Camera Which Shoots This

    01995HD

    "This Is a Camera Which Shoots This" and "As I See You You See Me" are both set up facing two cameras and monitors and the performer walks between...

    This Is a Camera Which Shoots This
  • 1990
    To The Garden of Water Lilies

    To The Garden of Water Lilies

    To The Garden of Water Lilies

    01990HD

    Film by Takahiko Iimura

    To The Garden of Water Lilies
  • 1985
    John Cage Performs James Joyce

    John Cage Performs James Joyce

    John Cage Performs James Joyce

    01985HD

    A voice performance by John Cage who "reads", "vocalizes" and "whispers" in three different manners his artificial language taken from "Finnegens...

    John Cage Performs James Joyce
  • 1973
    Plus and Minus

    Plus and Minus

    Plus and Minus

    01973HD

    "Of the new foreign work I saw, (at the Avantgarde Film Festival in London) that of Taka Iimura interested me most – His film + & -, using...

    Plus and Minus
  • 1972
    Models: A-1: 2 Min. 46 Sec. 16 Frames

    Models: A-1: 2 Min. 46 Sec. 16 Frames

    Models: A-1: 2 Min. 46 Sec. 16 Frames

    01972HD

    By using simple systems of counting and measuring in film, Iimura has drawn attention to the complexities of our time perception – memory,...

    Models: A-1: 2 Min. 46 Sec. 16 Frames
  • 1987
    I Love You

    I Love You

    I Love You

    01987HD

    “Double Portrait” and “I Love You” are a paired piece with Akiko Iimura. Both Iimuras play individually as well as a unit. In...

    I Love You
  • 1985
    Moments At The Rock

    Moments At The Rock

    Moments At The Rock

    01985HD

    “Moments At The Rock,” shot with an amateur video camera, was made as a free style improvisational film. The camera got strange halations...

    Moments At The Rock
  • 1970
    Film Strips I

    Film Strips I

    Film Strips I

    01970HD

    When I came to the USA in the mid 1960s, it was the high point of the Hippie movement and the black riots. I lived in the East village in New York,...

    Film Strips I
  • 2003
    I am (Not) Seen

    I am (Not) Seen

    I am (Not) Seen

    02003HD

    This video deals with the perception of seeing including the words as I see you, I am seen, and I am not seen. These words are superimposed over the...

    I am (Not) Seen
  • 1976
    Camera, Monitor, Frame

    Camera, Monitor, Frame

    Camera, Monitor, Frame

    01976HD

    Camera, Monitor, Frame is the first installment of Takahiko Iimura's "Video Semiotics Triptych" (the other two works are Observer/Observed, made in...

    Camera, Monitor, Frame
  • 1996
    Sky and Ground

    Sky and Ground

    Sky and Ground

    01996HD

    Sky and ground which was cut off momentarily / A camera wanders seeking its own shadow / The images which explore the limit / of solitude in New York...

    Sky and Ground
  • 2023
    Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973

    Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973

    Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973

    02023HD

    In 1973 the Kino Arsenal – then in its Welserstraße location in Berlin-Schöneberg – showed a programme of videos by the...

    Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973
  • 1970
    Film Strips II

    Film Strips II

    Film Strips II

    01970HD

    When I came to the USA in the mid 1960s, it was the high point of the Hippie movement and the black riots. I lived in the East village in New York,...

    Film Strips II