Artist Statement
VIDEOTHEQUE
A video trilogy of ‘Camera, Monitor, Frame’, ‘Observer/ Observed’ and ‘Observer/ Observed/ Observer’ is to create a semiology of video as a video work rather than a written text. It investigates the relationships between concrete representation and phonetic communication.
Video, 22′, Japan, 1998
- Takahiko Iimura, (born 1937) is a Japanese avant-garde filmmaker and fine artist. He is considered one of the pioneers of experimental and independent filmmaking in Japan. Iimura was born in Tokyo and is a graduate of Keio University. [source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iimura_Takahiko]