Experimental films by Takashi Makino
OK LÀ! is making its mark in the metropolitan region by focusing on independent and highly experimental musical and cinematic approaches. This time, at their initiative, we welcome the Berlin-based Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Maia.
In the presence of Takashi Makino
Microcosmos is an non-narrative experimental documentary film that records 100 collages produced by Makino in 2021 in chronological order. (makinotakashi.net)
For several years I've travelled the world, screening my work. And throughout this dark, sad world, amid war and terrorism, countless lives lost to natural cataclysms caused by human-caused, and there hasn't been a single day that death hasn't been in my thoughts. At the same time, I do realize that it is not only death that binds us. We are also born and raised and living on this little planet, among the stars. I pursue my work with the idea that if each day, we might be conscious of this truth for even a moment, then maybe perhaps somewhere deep in our hearts, we might find shared artistic expressions, keys to a place beyond the religions, politics, borders, languages, and personal desires which tear us apart. (Takashi Makino, 2017)
Takashi Makino
Takashi Makino is a Japanese experimental filmmaker ans artist. His approach is to abandon structure and to layer images that once embodied meaning on top of one another until they become unintelligible, sparking audiences' imaginations. This method is embodied in the title of his 2011 film Generator. Similarly, his approach to sound rejects synchronisation in favour of inserting audio and music seemingly unrelated to the images, collaborating with with musicians overseas to stage unforeseeable encounters.
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