Woman in the Dunes, Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964 Shoji Ueda, untitled, 1950 The history of Japanese cinema and photography is, as in most cultural contexts, deeply interconnected and related. In the post-war period a number of important films make direct or indirect reference to photographic movements. For instance, the existential meditation on sand and desire in…
David Claerbout, Bordeaux Piece, 2004 Single channel video installation, 13 hours 43 min David Claerbout’s exhibition the time that remains is currently on display at the Parasol Unit in London. It is a wide-ranging, multifaceted and visually complex exhibition that requires the viewer to spend (as the title of the exhibition suggests) time with the…
Jia Zhangke’s film ‘Still Life’ tells the story of a man in search of his daughter in the valley of the Three Gorges in China. The man has not seen his daughter for sixteen years whereas the old address of his estranged wife is the only clue to his family’s whereabouts. Crucially, the film was…