DREAMS 追悼 相原信洋
Image Forum Cinematheque, Shibuya
December 10 - 15
Image Forum in Tokyo is holding a memorial tribute for the artist and experimental animator Nobuhiro Aihara (相原信洋, 1944-2011) who passed away suddenly this spring. As I reported at the time, Aihara began his career in television animation in the 1960s and started producing his own independent animation in 1965. His aesthetic is distinctive for his use of flowing lines, highly complex drawings, and his love of psychedelic colours. He was a prolific artist who often produced several animated shorts a year either on his own or in collaboration with his friend and fellow artist the Keiichi Tanaami (田名網 敬一, b. 1936). At the time of his death, he left behind 85 animated works. In addition to his work as an artist, Aihara taught animation at the Kyoto University of Art and Design.
The Image Forum screenings will feature Aihara’s representative works including his groundbreaking experimental work Stone (1975), his animated correspondence films with Keiichi Tanaami, and many films that were discovered posthumously. In addition to the film screenings, many of the leading figures of Japanese experimental film and animation will be giving film talks. Special guests include Takashi Ishida, Yasunori Ikunishi, Mirai Mizue, Takashi Nakajima, Nobuaki Doi, and Keiichi Tanaami.
See below for times and dates, or consult the Image Forum website (JP only).
Program A: 1970s-1980s
December 10 and 13
1971 Poisonous Snake 『やまかがし』
1972 The Last Bee Season『みつばちの季節は去って』
1972 White Snake『おしろい羽根』
1973 Aisanka Hana『逢仙花』
1973 Shoshun Kitsune-iro『初春狐色』
1974 Bōdō『妄動』
1975 『STONE』
1977 Karma『カルマ』
1980 Shelter『シェルター』
1985 Twilight『逢魔が時』
1986 『PRIVATE』
1987 Image (Shadow)『映像(かげ)』
Program B: 1980s-2000s
December 12 and 15
1988 Dragonfly『とんぼ』
1989 『GAVORA』
1990 『LINE』
1991 『MASK』
1994 Air Power『気動』
1996 『RAIN』
1997 『MEMORY OF CLOUD』
1999 『THE THIRD EYE』
2000 『WIND』
2004 『MEMORY OF RED』
2006 『BLACK FISH』
2006 『YELLOW SNAKE』
2007 『LOTUS』
2008 『ZAP CAT』
Program C: Nobuhiro Aihara + Keiichi Tanaami
December 11 and 14
2001 Breath of Wind『風の呼吸』
2002 『SCRAP DIARY』
2002 『WALKING MAN』
2003 『FETISH DOLL』
2004 『LANDSCAPE』
2004 Ten Nights of Dreams『夢10夜』
2005 『Trip』
2005 Madonna no Yūwaku『マドンナの誘惑』
2006 Noise『ノイズ』
2007 Inch High Samurai『一寸法師』
2008 『CHIRICO』
2008 『眼の楽園・PARADISE FOR EYES』
2009 『SHUNGA』
2010 The Heart Sutra『般若心経』
2011 『DREAMS』
Program D: Early Works + Recent Works + Long Film Talk
December 10 and 11
1969 『STOP!』
1970 Sakura『サクラ』
1973 Short Track Runner『短距離ランナー』
1978 Hikari『光』
2009 『BLUE MOON』
2009 『FLOWER』
2009 『TEA TIME』
2009 『IF』
2009 『AMMONTIE』
2009 『8PM』
2010 『TOMATO』
2010 『DOT』
2010 『SEED』
2010 『CCBB』
2011 『30℃』
2011 『GIGI-GAGA』
1981 My Shelter - Director's commentary on his work『マイ・シェルター(作者解説映像付)』
2006 Making of Black Fish『BLACK FISH(メイキング映像付)』
Film Talks
December 10 – following Program D
Guests:
Takashi Ishida 石田尚志(画家、映像作家 / painter, experimental filmmaker)
Yasunori Ikunishi 生西康典(演出家、美術家 / experimental filmmaker, artist)
December 10 – preceding Program A
2011年12月10日(土)プログラムA上映前
Guest:
Mirai Mizue 水江未来(アニメーション作家 / independent animator)
December 11 – following Program D
2011年12月11日(日)プログラムD上映後
Guests:
Takashi Nakajima 中島崇(映像作家/experimental filmmaker)
Nobuaki Doi 土居伸彰(アニメーション研究・評論 / animation scholar, film critic)
December 11 – preceding Program C
2011年12月11日(日)プログラムC上映前
Guest:
Keiichi Tanaami 田名網敬一(映像作家、アーティスト/ experimental filmmaker, artist)
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