Japan, the Beautiful or Ambiguous, and Ourselves
TOMOTOSI
Japan｜2019｜ Exp｜Color｜19 min｜Japanese,English
A simple experiment carried out on a group of hurriedly moving people. The result reveals their earnest and ridiculous patterns of behavior. The setting is Tokyo, the capital of Japan where the 2020 Olympic games will be held. There are rules the people who live their tacitly follow in their daily lives. Are they in fact beautiful and something to boast about? The filmmaker who calmly guides a group of people as though herding sheep poses this question to the audience.
Director
TOMOTOSI
Born in Yamaguchi in 1983, currently based in Tokyo. After graduating from Toyohashi University of Technology with a degree in construction engineering, he worked in architecture and urban planning for a decade. His film Japan, the Beautiful or Ambiguous, and Ourselves (2019) was awarded Audience Award at the 33rd Image Forum Festival. Since 2020, he has been organizing and managing the Tomo Tosi (urban in Japanese) Art Museum in Tokyo. His major exhibitions include “Hernia City” (Tomo Tosi Art Museum 2020), “Aerobic Nampa” (The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama 2019), and “Aichi Triennale 2019” (Toyota City 2019).
11.12 ㊁ 20:40〡台南新光影城 4 廳〡★Q&A session with the Director
11.16 ㊅ 10:30〡台南新光影城 4 廳
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