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20 April 2010:
Observer/Observed - The Films of Takahiko Iimura + Circle and Square
Time: 8pm. Doors open at 7.45pm
Venue: The Working Men’s Club, 44-46 Pollard Row, London E2 6NB
Ticket: ￡5/￡3 to Close-Up members
This programme is a survey of the work of Japan’s most influential experimental filmmaker, Takahiko Iimura, from his earliest 1960s experiments and conceptual videos to his later videos on semiology and identity. We are delighted that Iimura will be in attendance at this event to perform “Circle & Square” live and participate in a Q&A.

Wednesday 21st April, 7-10pm at no.w.here:
HOW TO MAKE TIME VISIBLE IN FILM (WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHY)
During this workshop Iimura will be exploring how participants can make time visible in film, (without photography), using markers of different colors and sizes, long and fat needles, clear and black 16mm film. The workshop will include screenings of original Iimura prints including:
- 24 Frames Per Second (1975)
- One Frame Duration (1977)
- 2 Min. 46 Sec. 16 Frames (100 Feet) (1972)
- Timed 1, 2, 3 (1972)
- Timing 1,2,3,4 (1972)
- Timelength 1,2,3,4 (1972)
- 1 To 60 Seconds (1973)

Thursday 22nd April, 4-7pm at Central St. Martin’s College of Art:
TAKAHIKO IIMURA “LIGHT WRITING”
Free - but spaces limited please RSVP Duncan White: d.white(at)csm.arts.ac.uk
A screening of films and videos that are text-based or engage with the relationship between language and perception by Takahiko Iimura - the screening is part of “Light Writing” a research project based at Central St Martins. Takahiko Iimura will be present to discuss the works following the programme.
- White Calligraphy (1967, 14 mins)
- Performance / Myself (Or Video Identity) (1972-1995, 29 mins)
- Observer/Observed And Other Works Of Video Semiology (1976, 22 mins)
- Seeing / Hearing / Speaking (2002, 33 mins)
- John Cage Performs James Joyce (1985, 15 mins)
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