SF Cinematheque and CAAM present: Measurement in the Impermanence at SFMOMA

In tandem with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art visual arts exhibits The Provoke Era: Postwar Japanese Photography and Photography Now: China, Japan, Korea, Measurement in the Impermanence consists of contemporary Japanese experimental works that display an interest in the frame as a unit of time.

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SAN FRANCISCO CINEMATHEQUE PRESENTS:

Measurement in the Impermanence: Contemporary Japanese Avant-Garde Film

presented in association with the Center for Asian American Media

Thursday, September 24
7:00pm
SFMOMA
151 Third Street (between Mission St.& Howard St.)

Tickets:
Members: $7 / non-members: $10

Advanced tickets available at: http://www.sfmoma.org/events/1469
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co-curated by Tomonari Nishikawa & Vanessa O’Neill

In tandem with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art visual arts exhibits The Provoke Era: Postwar Japanese Photography and Photography Now: China, Japan, Korea, Measurement in the Impermanence consists of contemporary Japanese experimental works that display an interest in the frame as a unit of time, constructed either sensuously or methodically, in order to produce ephemeral phenomena. The program includes Makino Takashi¹s Resolution, Synthesis, Re-composition (with a score by Carl Stone), a voyage through a strata of images and sounds; Akira Mizuyoshi¹s Like Flowing, Like Spinning, a lyrical visual of obscure images in motion; and Ryusuke Ito¹s photogrammed sound and visual collage film A Flat, Split Reel. Stom Sogo’s Sync Up Element is a soothing flicker video with a refrain of illusory memories, while Ichiro Sueoka¹s Marching On unveils a discovery of traditional customs and patterns in decay. Yo Ota¹s Inclined Horizon is a playful visual choreographed by on-and-off time-lapse technique. Time-lapse in Takashi Ishida’s Reflection is utilized towards an investigation of the planet¹s rotation to give birth to an organic creature on the interior. Yuiko Matsuyama¹s Lens on Lens is an exploration in the world of flux and Daïchi Saïto¹s Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis (with music by Malcolm Goldstein) provides a sensuous experience through a landscape in a different dimension. (Tomonari Nishikawa)

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