Throwing Shadows: Short Films
A rare programme of psychedelic multi-projection shorts from 1960-70s Japan ranging from animations to newsreel montages that will make your eyes go ‘pop’.
In this combined programme
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Inner Man
Juxtaposing a dancing naked man and a woman dressed in a traditional kimono, the playful film sees Japanese feminist artist Idemitsu Mako encourage
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For the Damaged Right Eye
Considered a milestone in Japanese expanded cinema, the film captures the vivacity of 1960s Tokyo with its overlapping triple-projection and chaoti
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4 Eyes
Projecting two 16mm prints of the same film with a time delay, artist Tanaami Keiichi’s psychedelic trip expresses the mind slipping out of conscio
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At Any Place 2
Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s soup is swapped with cup noodle by artist Idemitsu Mako in a mockery of the reverence of everyday objects in pop art
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Great Society
With six simultaneous 16mm projections, Oe Masanori and Marvin Fishman mix newsreel footage into a collage that captures 1960s United States at a f
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Illusion City
Japanese animator Shimamura Tatsuo captures the energy of city life and its continuous transformation in this lively 1960s animation with a range o
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Why
The experimental animation by artist Tanaami Keiichi captures the intensity of a boxing fight by freezing and stretching the moment between a punch
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