Videoart Center Tokyo was established in 2001 as a center for videoart and other time-based media and is known for its active networking around the world. In this program, we will see videoart works from the Yamagata lineup alongside a selection presented by VCT.
APOLOGY
JAPAN, SINGAPORE/2005/Japanese, English/Color/Video/6min
Director: Tan Kaisyng
Fort of the Fabrications
JAPAN/2004/Japanese, English, others/Color/Video/32min
Director: Taki Kentaro
Worldly Desires
KOREA/2005/Thai/Color/Video/42min
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Boldly attempting to conceptualize the contemporary media world through “video media,” Taki Kentaro explores possible methods for producing revolutionary film-based art in Fort of the Fabrications.
10.13(Fri) 16:50-Guest present(tbc) @Athenee Francais Cultural Center
Early Symptoms in Kampala
UGANDA/2005/English/Color, B&W/Video/7min
Director: Jeff Walker
Foolosophy
JAPAN/2006/Japanese/Color/Video/10min
Director: Kanamaki Kazumi *no English subtitles
INTERPRETING/IMAGINING 15 FEBRUARY 1942 - 15 AUGUST 1945
JAPAN, SINGAPORE/2005/Japanese, English/Color/Video/20min
Director: Tan Kaisyng
This is what democracy looks like!
AUSTRALIA/2002/German/Color/Video/38min
Director: Oliver Ressler *no English subtitles
10.13(Fri) 19:00 @Athenee Francais Cultural Center

Presented by Cinamatrix
Co-presented by Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival Organizing Committee, Athenee Francais Cultural Center, The Film School of Tokyo, Polepole Higashinakano

With support from the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunkacho)