Toshio Matsumoto Movies

  • 1978
    Enigma: Nazo

    Enigma: Nazo

    Enigma: Nazo

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    Enigma is something of a more glamorous version of White Hole, with a wide variety of elaborate textures (often composed of iconographic and...

    Enigma: Nazo
  • 1959
    300 Ton Trailer

    300 Ton Trailer

    300 Ton Trailer

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    A short documentary about a trailer weighing over 300 tons that carries material for the construction of a dam toward Tokyo.

    300 Ton Trailer
  • 1980
    Kimoto

    Kimoto

    Kimoto

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    Format: 16 mm standard; Color; Sound; 30 min 10 sec Sponsor: Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association

    Kimoto
  • 1990
    Old/New

    Old/New

    Old/New

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    Toshio Matsumoto's video on decommunization in Eastern Europe.

    Old/New
  • 1992
    Dissimulation

    Dissimulation

    Dissimulation

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    Dissimulation
  • 1984
    Delay Exposure

    Delay Exposure

    Delay Exposure

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    "Set to a soundtrack of pulsing synth bleats, Delay Exposure rhythmically deploys a low-tech, in-camera tricks—including lens-flares,...

    Delay Exposure
  • 1982
    Relation

    Relation

    Relation

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    In Relation, the focus of the viewer’s attention is guided by pointers moving through the screen.

    Relation
  • 1981
    Connection

    Connection

    Connection

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    In Connection, a static shot of the sky with moving clouds is subdivided into regular geometrical regions, which are then individually (and...

    Connection
  • 1974
    Fly

    Fly

    Fly

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    Fly
  • 1968
    Magnetic Scramble

    Magnetic Scramble

    Magnetic Scramble

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    Magnetic Scramble is the first video work by Toshio Matsumoto. Here, the artist manipulates television images (of student demonstrations against the...

    Magnetic Scramble
  • 2003
    Filming the Unfilmable: An Interview with Toshio Matsumoto

    Filming the Unfilmable: An Interview with Toshio Matsumoto

    Filming the Unfilmable: An Interview with Toshio Matsumoto

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    Toshio Matsumoto articulates his perspective on the creation of Dogra Magra, presented in the supplementary section of the Radiance DVD release.

    Filming the Unfilmable: An Interview with Toshio Matsumoto
  • 1962
    I'm Nylon

    I'm Nylon

    I'm Nylon

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    I'm Nylon
  • 1970
    Space Projection Ako

    Space Projection Ako

    Space Projection Ako

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    Experimental film by Toshio Matsumoto created for the 1970 world's fair, Expo '70 in Osaka. The film was made up of multiple projections onto the...

    Space Projection Ako