Nazuna
experimental
(USA, 2007, 90 mins)
35mm slides
Wisconsin Premiere
Directed By: Hitoshi Toyoda
A special live presentation of Hitoshi Toyoda's 580-piece slideshow. His photographic works reflect the details of everyday life, arranged in sequences that suggest music or poetry (although the show itself is silent). The result is both invigorating and beautifully meditative. The artist says: It begins with my backyard garden in Brooklyn / one early summer day / Tokyo in the fall after eleven years / visiting a Japanese Amish village / bombing over Afghanistan continues / it was just a mirror / days in a Buddhist monastery deep in the mountains / spring has come / like a thin razor blade / that invisible sound / time at home / Tokyo / once / things I photographed, the things I did not, the things I could not. Presented by the Media Embassy.
Filmmaker Hitoshi Toyoda scheduled to attend.
Screening Schedule
Sat, Apr 4th 6:15pm
UW Cinematheque