Takahiko Iimura

Takahiko Iimura

Known for
Directing
Born
February 20, 1937
Died
July 31, 2022 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Takahiko Iimura has been a pioneer artist of Japanese experimental film and video, working with film since l960 and with video since 1970 while residing in New York and Tokyo. He is a widely established international artist, having numerous solo exhibitions in major museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Whitney Museum, New York, Anthology Film Archives, New York, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, the National Gallery Jeu de Paume, Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Reina Sofia National Museum, Madrid, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo in addition to an artist residency at the German Academy of Arts, Berlin, and Bellagio Rockefeller Foundation Study Center, Bellagio, Italy.

Known For

Filmography

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Ukiyo Ukare

Ukiyo Ukare

Movie · Director

2023
Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973 poster

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

Movie · Director

2011
Associations of Silverpencils poster

Associations of Silverpencils

Movie · Director

2008
A Rock In The Light poster

A Rock In The Light

Movie · Director

2004
Ma: The Stones Haved Moved poster

Ma: The Stones Haved Moved

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2003
I am (Not) Seen

I am (Not) Seen

Movie · Director

1996
Sky and Ground poster

Sky and Ground

Movie · Director

1995
This Is a Camera Which Shoots This poster

This Is a Camera Which Shoots This

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1995
As I See You You See Me poster

As I See You You See Me

Movie · Director

1993
A I U E O NN Six Features poster

A I U E O NN Six Features

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1991
Concept tape 3 (Performance) poster

Concept tape 3 (Performance)

Movie · Director

1991
Concept Tapes 1

Concept Tapes 1

Movie · Director

1991
Concept Tapes 2

Concept Tapes 2

Movie · Director

1991
Fluxus Replayed poster

Fluxus Replayed

Movie · Director

1990
To The Garden of Water Lilies poster

To The Garden of Water Lilies

Movie · Director

1989
MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-ji poster

MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-ji

Movie · Director

1989
New York Day and Night: A Journey through Light and Darkness

New York Day and Night: A Journey through Light and Darkness

Movie · Director

1989
The Making of MA in Ryoan-ji poster

The Making of MA in Ryoan-ji

Movie · Director

1989
Scared to Death poster

Scared to Death

Movie · Director

1989
Monet Garden Synthesized poster

Monet Garden Synthesized

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1987
Double Portrait poster

Double Portrait

Movie · Director

1987
I Love You poster

I Love You

Movie · Director

1985
John Cage Performs James Joyce poster

John Cage Performs James Joyce

Movie · Director

1985
Air's Rock poster

Air's Rock

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1985
Moments At The Rock poster

Moments At The Rock

Movie · Director

1984
New York Hot Springs

New York Hot Springs

Movie · Director

1984
Shadowman (The Structure of Seeing and Hearing)

Shadowman (The Structure of Seeing and Hearing)

Movie · Director

1981
Talking in New York

Talking in New York

Movie · Director

1981
Talking Picture (The Structure of Film Viewing)

Talking Picture (The Structure of Film Viewing)

Movie · Director

1981
I Am A Viewer You Are A Viewer poster

I Am A Viewer You Are A Viewer

Movie · Director

1981
Circle & Square poster

Circle & Square

Movie · Director

1978
Sync Sound

Sync Sound

Movie · Director

1977
Visual Logic (and Illogic) poster

Visual Logic (and Illogic)

Movie · Director

1977
MA (Intervals) poster

MA (Intervals)

Movie · Director

1977
One Frame Duration poster

One Frame Duration

Movie · Director

1976
Camera, Monitor, Frame

Camera, Monitor, Frame

Movie · Director

1976
Observer / Observed / Observer poster

Observer / Observed / Observer

Movie · Director

1975
Observer / Observed poster

Observer / Observed

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1975
24 Frames per Second poster

24 Frames per Second

Movie · Director

1973
1 To 60 Seconds

1 To 60 Seconds

Movie · Director

1973
Plus and Minus

Plus and Minus

Movie · Director

1972
Models: B-4: Seeing, Not Seeing

Models: B-4: Seeing, Not Seeing

Movie · Director

1972
Timed 1, 2, 3 poster

Timed 1, 2, 3

Movie · Director

1972
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here poster

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

Movie · Director

1972
Models: A-1: 2 Min. 46 Sec. 16 Frames

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

Movie · Director

1972
Models: A-2: Timing 1, 2, 3, 4

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

Movie · Director

1972
Models: A-3: Time Length 1,2,3,4

Models: A-3: Time Length 1,2,3,4

Movie · Director

1972
Models: B-1: Counting, 100 Or X's

Models: B-1: Counting, 100 Or X's

Movie · Director

1972
Models: B-2: A Line 1, 2, 3

Models: B-2: A Line 1, 2, 3

Movie · Director

1972
Models: B-3: To See the Frame, Not to See the Frame

Models: B-3: To See the Frame, Not to See the Frame

Movie · Director

1971
Shutter poster

Shutter

Movie · Director

1971
Man and Woman poster

Man and Woman

Movie · Director

1971
Time Tunnel poster

Time Tunnel

Movie · Director

1971
The Pacific Ocean poster

The Pacific Ocean

Movie · Director

1970
A Chair poster

A Chair

Movie · Director

1970
Blinking poster

Blinking

Movie · Director

1970
In The River poster

In The River

Movie · Director

1970
Film Strips I poster

Film Strips I

Movie · Director

1970
Film Strips II poster

Film Strips II

Movie · Director

1970
Kiri (The Fog) poster

Kiri (The Fog)

Movie · Director

1970
Buddha Again poster

Buddha Again

Movie · Director

1969
Face poster

Face

Movie · Director

1969
Filmmakers poster

Filmmakers

Movie · Director

1969
Flowers poster

Flowers

Movie · Director

1967
White Calligraphy

White Calligraphy

Movie · Director

1967
Shelter 9999

Shelter 9999

Movie · Director

1967
Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema

Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema

Movie · Director

1967
New York Scenes

New York Scenes

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1967
Summer, Happenings, U.S.A.

Summer, Happenings, U.S.A.

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1966
Why Don't You Sneeze

Why Don't You Sneeze

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1966
Honey Moon poster

Honey Moon

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1966
Iro (Colors) poster

Iro (Colors)

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1966
I Saw the Shadow poster

I Saw the Shadow

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1966
Taka and Ako poster

Taka and Ako

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1965
Rose Color Dance poster

Rose Color Dance

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1964
A Dance Party in the Kingdom of Lilliput poster

A Dance Party in the Kingdom of Lilliput

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1964
Inside & Outside poster

Inside & Outside

Movie · Director

1964
My Documentary poster

My Documentary

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1964
Dead Movie poster

Dead Movie

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1963
Sakasama (Upside Down)

Sakasama (Upside Down)

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1963
Desade poster

Desade

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1963
Onan poster

Onan

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1963
The Masseurs poster

The Masseurs

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1963
Screen Play

Screen Play

Movie · Director

1962
6x6 (Oukan Densentsu)

6x6 (Oukan Densentsu)

Movie · Director

1962
Love poster

Love

Movie · Director

1962
Junk poster

Junk

Movie · Director

1962
On Eye Rape poster

On Eye Rape

Movie · Director

1962
Dada 62 poster

Dada 62

Movie · Director