{"id":5067,"date":"2013-09-20T10:04:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T16:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.saic.edu\/cate\/?p=5067"},"modified":"2025-01-09T23:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T05:11:42","slug":"september-26-tomomi-adachi-and-takahiko-iimura-films-and-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/2013\/09\/20\/september-26-tomomi-adachi-and-takahiko-iimura-films-and-performances\/","title":{"rendered":"September 26 – Tomomi Adachi and Takahiko Iimura: Films and Performances"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tThursday, September 26, 6pm<\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/strong>Tomomi Adachi and Takahiko Iimura\u00a0in person!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Image from Junk (Takahiko Iimura, 1962). Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a rare joint appearance, filmmaking luminary Takahiko Iimura and Tokyo-based sound artist Tomomi Adachi present an evening of films and performances. Since the early 1960s, Iimura has been renowned for his groundbreaking films and videos, ranging from surreal underground narratives to elegant explorations of time and perception, many produced with performance artists and avant-garde composers. Adachi has garnered similar acclaim for his work with voice, electronics, and self-made instruments. The two will present four of Iimura\u2019s early films, a selection of Adachi\u2019s sound works, including the Chicago premiere of the ten-voice Song for Everyone<\/em>, and a new collaboration for film, voice, and electronics.<\/p>\n

Co-presented with the experimental music series Lampo<\/a>\u00a0with support from SAIC’s Department of Sound.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

1962\u20132013, Japan\/USA, multiple formats, 90 min + discussion<\/p>\n

TAKAHIKO IIMURA<\/strong><\/a> (b. 1937, Tokyo, Japan) is a pioneering figure in the world of experimental and underground cinema in the United States and Japan. He began making films in Tokyo in the early 1960s and played an important role in the establishment of a number the city\u2019s seminal film collectives and screening series. Iimura moved to the United States \u00a0in 1966 where he became an established fixture of New York\u2019s experimental film scene. His works span film, video, and computer art and have been exhibited widely, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Centre George Pompidou, Paris; and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo; among many others. He divides his time between New York and Tokyo.<\/p>\n

TOMOMI ADACHI<\/strong><\/a> (b. 1972, Kanazawa, Japan) is a performer, composer, sound poet, installation artist, and theater director, working in voice, live electronics, and self-made instruments. He founded the punk-style choir “Adachi Tomomi Royal Chorus” in 1997 and the \u201cEnsemble for Experimental Music and Theater\u201d in 2011. Adachi has collaborated with numerous sound artists, dancers, and theater troupes and has presented works around the world, including at the Tate Modern, London; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; ZKM, Karlsruhe; Museum of Art Osaka; La Mama Theatre Melbourne; among others. He lives in Tokyo and Berlin.<\/p>\n

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Thursday, September 26, 6pm\u00a0|\u00a0Tomomi Adachi and Takahiko Iimura\u00a0in person! In a rare joint appearance, filmmaking luminary Takahiko Iimura and Tokyo-based sound artist Tomomi Adachi present an evening of films and performances. Since the early 1960s, Iimura has been renowned for his groundbreaking films and videos, ranging from surreal underground narratives to elegant explorations of time […]<\/p>\n

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