The human eye, a well-known motif of psychedelic culture, is multiplied and intensified in Tanaami Keiichi’s cinematic trip 4 Eyes. Drawing from his experiences designing discotheques, Tanaami presents two prints of the same film in double-projection with a time delay to suggest the mind slipping out of consciousness.
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Inner Man
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Great Society
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Illusion City
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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 an
Film details
- Country of production
- Japan
- Year
- 1975
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 9'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
