Nishikawa's films explore the idea of documenting a scene in the public space through a chosen medium and techniques, while his performances focus on the process of producing a visual/sound phenomenon using analog devices, such as 16mm and slide projectors. He currently teaches in the Cinema Department at Binghamton University.
Ten Mornings Ten Evenings and One Horizon
Ten Mornings Ten Evenings and One Horizon
Ten Mornings Ten Evenings and One Horizon
Synopsis
The film depicts bridges along the Yahagi River, near where the filmmaker grew up in Japan. Each bridge was filmed twice on the same day — once in the morning and once in the evening. The image was exposed one-sixth of the frame at a time, producing a visual rhythm that evokes the gradual rising and setting of the sun. The film is dedicated to the filmmaker's father, who was raised in Hiraya Village, Nagano, where the source of the Yahagi River is located.
Director's Profile
NISHIKAWA Tomonari
Filmography
2003 Apollo
2005 Sketch Film #1
2005 Sketch Film #2
2005 Market Street
2006 Sketch Film #3
2006 Clear Blue Sky
2007 Sketch Film #4
2007 Sketch Film #5
2007 Into the Mass
2008 16-18-4
2009 Lumphini 2552
2010 Tokyo - Ebisu
2010 Shibuya - Tokyo
2013 45 7 Broadway
2014 Sound of a Million Insects, Light of a Thousand Stars
2014 Manhattan One Two Three Four
2016 Luminous Veil
2016 Ten Mornings Ten Evenings and One Horizon
2019 Amusement Ride
2023 Light, Noise, Smoke, and Light, Noise, Smoke
Print Source
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Shown in...
Stranger than Documentary #3: TOMONARI NISHIKAWA