(Related to film)

These art works are all related to films or videos I have produced since early 1960s, some are an enlargement of the film's frames on silk-screen print, a film score of the film on celluloid sheet, 16mm film-loops in transparent plastic cube and DVD-screen out of film can, etc., all I consider a unique work by itself, I mean an art piece. All works are signed, and are numbered. Takahiko Iimura
The price includes the frame. The shipping cost varies and will be added to the price. Delivery may take a few weeks to several weeks depending on the work upon receiving the order.
Also distributed from Filmmakers Cooperative, New York.


□ Silkscreen print: Ai (Love)
□ One Second Loop (=Infinity)
□ Canned DVD
□ Film score on celluloid
□ Silkscreen print: AIUEONN Six Features
□ DVD, AIUEONN Six Features in crystal screen
□ Boxed Ma (A special edition of DVD)



Silkscreen print: Ai (Love)

Frames printed, three times showing the movements, from film Ai (Love),1962.

1) Leg (photo top)
b/w, 1970, 11.1/2 x15.1/2in.(29 X 40cm.)
20 editions $600
2) Hair
b/w, 1970, 11.1/2 x 15.1/2in.(29 X 40cm.)
20 editions $600
3) Hair (photo bottom)
color, 1970, 11.1/2 x 15.1/2in.(29 X 40cm.)
20 editions $800

"Iimura's LOVE stands out in its beauty and originality, a film poem, with no usual pseudo-surrealist imagery." Jonas Mekas






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One Second Loop (=Infinity)
16mm loop with a line in the middle in plastic
cube.3 titles.

1) A White Line in Black (photo top)
2007, One black loop in cube, 3.1/4 x 3.1/4 x1.1/4,
30 editions, $500
2) A Black Line in Clear
2007, One Clear loop in cube, 3.1/4 x 3.1/4 x1.1/4,
30 editions, $500
3) White and Black Lines (photo bottom)
2007, Two loops in cube, 3.1/8x3.1/8x3.1/8 in.
(8x8x8cm), 30editions, $1,000

"A film loop as a device of Time, I could present the minimum unit of time and the maximum at the same time in one second loop, both black and clear loops with a line in the middle. A realization of Yin and Yang philosophy into film." (T.I.)





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Canned DVD

7in. DVD screen housed in 16mm film can with a window opened for the screen. The can is painted all black, diameter,10.3/4 x height, 2in.(27.5 x 5cm), with 3 titles. DVD player is not included.

1) A Hippy in the Central Park (photo top)
1969, 3min., color, silent, looped
15 editions, $2,000
2) Fire Hydrants on Broadway (photo bottom)
1969, 3min, color, silent, looped
15 editions,$2,000
3) Ai (Love)
1962, Music by Yoko Ono, 15min. looped
10 editions, $5,000

"A film can for the house of DVD screen is a reborn of film in a new format and I chose scratches torn 8mm films as an antique DVD." (T.I.)

Instead of DVD, Digital Photo Frame with SD card for 1) and 2) short movie may be used.




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Film score on celluloid

4 titles, 4 sheets each, framed by black wood and sandwiched between plastics. The scores are printed on Japanese manuscript format. Available now is only 2) Between The Frame.

1) 400 Frames
1975,8.1/2 x 11.3/4in.(22 x 30cm) 4 sheets set
25 editions $2,000
2) Between The Frame (photo)
1975, 8.1/2 x 11.3/4in.(22 x 30cm) 4 sheets set
25 editions, $2,000
3) A Line
1975, 8.1/2 x 11.3/4in.(22 x 30cm) 4 sheets set
25 editions, $2,000
4) Framing
1975, 8.1/2 x 11.3/4in.(22 x 30cm) 4 sheets set
25 editions, $2,000

"Writing a film score in Japanese manuscript papers was a quite discovery in which frames and sound track are laid out, and instead of characters, I drew lines, numerals, and filled the frame black."(T.I.)






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Silkscreen print: AIUEONN Six Features

1997. Frame enlargements from the video, AIUEONN Six Features, 1993, with six computerized individual faces and the alphabet: A,I, U, E, O, NN . 19.1/2 x 25.1/2in.(49.5 x 64.5cm), 20 editions, $15,000 for a set (six prints). Available only in limited numbers.

"The images often take on geometrical shapes, others recall the classical images from Japanese woodcuts of Samurai warrior grimace." Robert West, Curator, Mint Museum of Art






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DVD, AIUEONN Six Features in crystal screen

1993.The screen size varies from the smallest to the largest available. The DVD made in loop. 20 editions. Inquire the price.



Boxed Ma (A special edition of DVD)

Ma: A Japanese Concept,1977-2004, with 4 films related to the concept including the film, Ma: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoanji, a famous Zen temple in Kyoto, commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The DVD is boxed in paulownia wood, which used to contain precious things, with a calligraphy of Japanese word Ma by the artist and two film strips from the film, and two booklets by the artist.
5 editions, $5,000.






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