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.
Light, Noise, Smoke, and Light, Noise, Smoke
Light, Noise, Smoke, and Light, Noise, Smoke
Light, Noise, Smoke, and Light, Noise, Smoke
Synopsis
Fireworks at a summer festival in Japan were filmed with a Super 16 format camera in order to record images directly onto the optical soundtrack area of the filmstrip. In 16mm projection, the optical soundtrack is read 26 frames ahead of the projected image. Working with this mechanical offset, Nishikawa cut and spliced footage from two rolls of film into 26-frame segments and alternated between rolls. Through this structure, sound and image are repeatedly displaced from one another, while a distinct rhythm emerges from their continual misalignment.
Festivals & Awards
2023 Toronto IFF
2024 IFF Rotterdam
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
Canyon Cinema｜info@canyoncinema.com
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