
Takahiko Iimura
Directing·February 20, 1937 — 89 years old·Tokyo, Japan
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 · 93
—Ukiyo UkareDirector2023Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973Director2013KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–2012Film Workshop In SANGENJAYA - Summer2011Associations of SilverpencilsDirector2008A Rock In The LightDirector · Director of Photography · Editor2004Ma: The Stones Haved MovedDirector2003I am (Not) SeenDirector2002Un Ange Passe1997Birth of a NationSelf1996Sky and GroundDirector1995This Is a Camera Which Shoots ThisDirector1995As I See You You See MeDirector1993A I U E O NN Six FeaturesDirector · Writer1991Concept tape 3 (Performance)Director1991Concept Tapes 1Director1991Concept Tapes 2Director1991Fluxus ReplayedDirector1990To The Garden of Water LiliesDirector1989MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-jiWriter · Director1989New York Day and Night: A Journey through Light and DarknessDirector1989The Making of MA in Ryoan-jiDirector1989Scared to DeathDirector1989Monet Garden SynthesizedDirector1987Double PortraitDirector1987I Love YouDirector1985Moments At The RockDirector · Director of Photography · Editor1985Air's RockDirector1985Home Movies 1971-811985John Cage Performs James JoyceDirector1984Shadowman (The Structure of Seeing and Hearing)Director1984New York Hot SpringsDirector1981Talking Picture (The Structure of Film Viewing)Director1981Talking in New YorkDirector1981I Am A Viewer You Are A ViewerDirector1981Circle & SquareDirector1978Four Shadows1978Sync SoundDirector1977Visual Logic (and Illogic)Director1977MA (Intervals)Director1977One Frame DurationDirector1976Camera, Monitor, FrameDirector1976Observer / Observed / ObserverDirector · Writer197524 Frames per SecondDirector1975Observer / ObservedDirector · Writer19731 To 60 SecondsDirector1973Plus and MinusDirector1972Timed 1, 2, 3Director1972Yoko Ono: This Is Not HereDirector · Producer1972Models: B-4: Seeing, Not SeeingDirector1972Models: A-1: 2 Min. 46 Sec. 16 FramesDirector1972Models: A-2: Timing 1, 2, 3, 4Director1972Models: A-3: Time Length 1,2,3,4Director1972Models: B-1: Counting, 100 Or X'sDirector1972Models: B-2: A Line 1, 2, 3Director1972Models: B-3: To See the Frame, Not to See the FrameDirector1971ShutterDirector1971Man and WomanDirector1971Time TunnelDirector1971The Pacific OceanDirector1970A ChairDirector1970BlinkingDirector1970In The RiverDirector1970Film Strips IDirector1970Film Strips IIDirector1970Kiri (The Fog)Director1970Buddha AgainDirector1969FaceDirector1969FilmmakersHimself · Director1969FlowersDirector1967Shelter 9999Director1967Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental CinemaDirector1967White CalligraphyDirector1967New York ScenesDirector1966Why Don't You SneezeDirector1966Honey MoonDirector1966Iro (Colors)Director1966I Saw the ShadowDirector1966Taka and AkoDirector1965Rose Color DanceDirector1964Inside & OutsideDirector1964My DocumentaryDirector1964A Dance Party in the Kingdom of LilliputDirector1964Dead MovieDirector1963The MasseursDirector · Writer1963OnanDirector · Cinematography · Producer1963Sakasama (Upside Down)Director1963DesadeDirector19626x6 (Oukan Densentsu)Director1962LoveDirector1962JunkDirector1962On Eye RapeDirector1962Dada 62Director










