OBSERVER/OBSERVED

(and other works of video semiology)

by Takahiko IIMURA

1972-1998 / VHS or Mini DV / n&b / son / 22' 00

Watch an extract the online video
This film has been digitized with the support of the Ministry of Culture, during the 2008 digitization plan. An excerpt is available online. The full movie is viewable in our documentation center.

"Observer/Observed/Observer" is to create a semiology of video as a video work rather than a written text." - Takahiko IIMURA
"Iimura is a significant and singular filmmaker, but also one of the most important conceptual artist working in any medium." -Malcolm Le Grice
" Iimura is at his best deconstructing and reconstructing the video apparatus. Elemental and elegant, these works confront issues of language and semiotics through forms of direct address. "- Peter d'Agostino, professor of media arts,Temple University, Philadelphia.
"A formal trilogy which investigates the relationships between concrete representation and phonetic communication. Here the respected video artist, as often, employs a deadpan infection to play against a serious conceptual impulse."- Winner of director's choice award, Black Maria Film & Video Festival, Jersey City

3 PRINTS IN DISTRIBUTION

distribution format	Mini DV (NTSC)
speed	25 ips
screen	1,37 - standard
sound	son Mono
rental fee	67,00 €

distribution format	Mini DV (PAL)
speed	25 ips
screen	4/3 (vidéo)
sound	son Stéréo
rental fee	67,00 €

distribution format	VHS 1 reel
speed	25 ips
sound	son
notes	Standard de la copie : PAL
rental fee	67,00 €