JUN’ICHI OKUYAMA

JUN’ICHI OKUYAMA
experimental film/performance

Born in Tokyo 1947, Jun’ichi Okuyama is one of Japan’s seminal experimental filmmakers. He made his first films as a student at Tamagawa University’s Department of Fine Arts in the 1960s and has since remained constantly active, creating over 70 highly original experimental works over the last 45 years.

Okuyama was recognised internationally early on, with his first screening outside of Japan (the radical 1971 ‘disposable film’ entitled No Perforations) being awarded a Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival. His distinctively playful approach to the medium of film is widely admired and his most famous works are included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art (New York), Anthology Film Archives (New York), Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Tokyo) and universities worldwide.

Please join us in welcoming Okuyama to Australia for SuperDeluxe@Artspace. His delightful, unconventional and unpretentious work is immensely entertaining.

Website | http://www.geocities.jp/okujun16/page016.html

Also performing | Wade Marynowsky

Event Information:
Friday, 04 June 2010
7.30 pm – 12 am
Advance bookings are now closed
Entry will also be available on the door from 8 pm

Image courtesy of the artists