We are thrilled to partner with curator Jesse Cumming and VTape to present works by Kyoko Michishita from November through January. With grant support from Japan Foundation New York, we are able to present English subtitled versions of Michishita’s Video Portraits – Men series in November and December in the Members Monthly Viewing. In January, Jesse Cumming will present an online screening program.

Image: Video Portraits – Men: Shuntaro Tanikawa (Kyoko Michishita, 1982). Courtesy of Vtape & Kyoko Michishita.

The second of the two screenings in the series, “Stepping Out of Politics: Films by Masao Adachi” organized by Go Hirasawa will present Masao Adachi’s Female Student Guerrilla.

“Stepping Out of Politics: Films by Masao Adachi” addresses the intersections between film and the philosophical questions of what is politics, revolution, film, and ultimately media itself. This program will explore these questions through the two screenings and the live discussion on October 29th.

We are thrilled to partner with curator Jesse Cumming and VTape to present works by Kyoko Michishita from November through January. With grant support from Japan Foundation New York, we are able to present English subtitled versions of Michishita’s Video Portraits – Men series in November and December in the Members Monthly Viewing. In January, Jesse Cumming will present an online screening program.

Image: Video Portraits – Men: Issey Miyake (Kyoko Michishita, 1982). Courtesy of Vtape & Kyoko Michishita.

First of the two screenings in the series, “Stepping Out of Politics: Films by Masao Adachi” organized by Go Hirasawa starts off with Sex Jack (1970) directed by Koji Wakamatsu and screenplay written by Masao Adachi. Hirasawa will do a deep dive interview with Adachi about the film and more, on September 29th, not to miss!

“Stepping Out of Politics: Films by Masao Adachi” addresses the intersections between film and the philosophical questions of what is politics, revolution, film, and ultimately media itself. This program will explore these questions through the two screenings and the live discussion on October 29th.

In partnership with Go Hiraswa, September and October Members’ Viewing will focus on four works by Motoharu Jonouchi.

In partnership with Go Hiraswa, September and October Members’ Viewing will focus on four works by Motoharu Jonouchi.

CCJ presents the work of filmmakers Eri Saito and Masanobu Nakamura as part of our Meander Program.

CCJ is pleased to partner with Go Hiraswa to present Michiko Sasaki’s To Die Sometime (1974), a remarkable film diary comprised of photographs of the protests at the Nihon University All-Campus Joint Struggle Committee (Nichidai Zenkyōtō) and film fragments depicting everyday life. It is an unusual filmic experiment that combined invaluable document of the protests from 1968 through 1974 and images from Sasaki’s personal life.

CCJ is thrilled to partner with researcher Shuhei Hosoya who will introduce filmed actions of Yutaka Matsuzawa and related artists’ Free Commune events over May through July. A truly unique opportunity to view these documentations, we are proud to offer access to this important material in support of future reevaluations of artists and their works.

CCJ is thrilled to partner with researcher Shuhei Hosoya who will introduce filmed actions of Yutaka Matsuzawa and related artists’ Free Commune events over May through July. A truly unique opportunity to view these documentations, we are proud to offer access to this important material in support of future reevaluations of artists and their works.

CCJ is thrilled to partner with researcher Shuhei Hosoya who will introduce filmed actions of Yutaka Matsuzawa and related artists’ Free Commune events over the next three months. A truly unique opportunity to view these documentations, we are proud to offer access to this important material in support of future reevaluations of artists and their works.

CCJ is pleased to share four works by video artist Morihiro Wada over March and April, introduced by scholar Nina Horisaki-Christens.

CCJ is very pleased to partner with researchers Wakae Nakane and Miryam Sas who will present their curatorial project on our viewing platform as part of our Meander Program.

Image: Still from Hiromi Saiki, The Place Which Isn’t Necessarily Wrong [Anagachi machigatteru tomo ienai kū], 1996, 18 min, 8mm, sound, color

CCJ is pleased to share four works by video artist Morihiro Wada over March and April, introduced by scholar Nina Horisaki-Christens.

CCJ is pleased to partner with researcher, writer, and curator Fusako Matsu to make available works by animator Taku Furukawa from December 2021 through February 2022.

CCJ is pleased to partner with researcher, writer, and curator Fusako Matsu to make available works by animator Taku Furukawa from December 2021 through February 2022.