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Ma a Japanese concept : four films

Title
Ma [videorecording] : a Japanese concept : four films / by Takahiko Iimura.
Publication
Tokyo : Takahiko Iimura Media Arts Institute, c2005.

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C.1Moving imageBy appointment only DVDR 699 M C.1 C.1Performing Arts Research Collections - Reserve Film and Video

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Additional Authors
  • Iimura, Takahiko, 1937-
  • Isozaki, Arata.
  • Program for Art on Film (New York, N.Y.)
Description
1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., si., col. and b&w; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Four works on the Japanese concept of space/time, Ma, by Takahiko Iimura, showing the stone garden of Ryoan-ji temple in Kyoto, dating from the early 16th century, accompanied by quiet music and meditative poems. The final work consists " ... of black and clear spacings and a line between them."
Alternative Title
  • Ma : space/time in the garden of Ryoan-ji.
  • Making of Ma in Ryoan-ji.
  • Ma, the stones have moved.
  • Ma (Intervals)
Subject
  • Space and time in art
  • Rock gardens, Japanese > Japan > Kyoto
  • Zen art > Japan
  • Experimental films
  • Video art > Japan
  • Ryōanji Teien (Kyoto, Japan)
Note
  • Originally produced in 1989 (1st and 2nd works), 2004 (3rd work), and 1977 (4th work).
  • Program notes on booklet in container.
Credits (note)
  • 1st work: A film by Taka Iimura and Arata Isozaki ; produced for The Program for Art on Film. 2nd work: [produced by] Takahiko Iimura. 3rd work: [Produced by] Takahiko Iimura. 4th work. Taka Iimura.
System Details (note)
  • DVD; region free.
Contents
Ma : space/time in the garden of Ryoan-ji (16 min.) -- The making of Ma in Ryoan-ji (10 min.) -- Ma, the stones have moved (10 min., silent) -- Ma(Intervals) (22 min.).
ISBN
4901181211
OCLC
76894294
Title
Ma [videorecording] : a Japanese concept : four films / by Takahiko Iimura.
Imprint
Tokyo : Takahiko Iimura Media Arts Institute, c2005.
System Details
DVD; region free.
Credits
1st work: A film by Taka Iimura and Arata Isozaki ; produced for The Program for Art on Film. 2nd work: [produced by] Takahiko Iimura. 3rd work: [Produced by] Takahiko Iimura. 4th work. Taka Iimura.
Added Author
Iimura, Takahiko, 1937-
Isozaki, Arata.
Program for Art on Film (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Ma : space/time in the garden of Ryoan-ji.
Making of Ma in Ryoan-ji.
Ma, the stones have moved.
Ma (Intervals)
Branch Call Number
DVDR 699 M
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