Description
Russian premiere
A soundtrack dominated by frequencies below 1000 Hz evokes physical vibrations in the viewer’s body. The film is inspired by the Japanese philosopher Toshihiko Izutsu’s book Cosmos and Anti-Cosmos.
22.10.2025 at 20:30 Sky Cinema. Takashi Makino: Selected Films, Levashovsky Bread Factory
Time and place
Wednesday,
22 October 2025 at 20:30
Levashovsky Bread Factory Cultural Centre:
Санкт-Петербург, Барочная улица, дом 4а, строение 1
Description
Makino’s creative method is built on multilayering: he films real objects—natural phenomena, minerals, water, rain, urban textures—and transforms them through intricate editing. His films may appear as pure abstraction, yet they are always rooted in the material world. Sound plays no less a role than the visual: noise, ambient music, and sonic collages shape an immersive atmosphere that draws viewers into a unique state of perception.
At the core of his artistic search lies a deeply personal experience—hallucinations he endured as a child after a near-fatal car accident. The images he saw then became the source of his fascination with the thresholds between light and darkness, chaos and cosmos.
A Japanese artist and experimental filmmaker whose works carve out a unique space between reality and abstraction. Born in Tokyo in 1970, he began his career as a colourist for films, music videos, and commercials—a practice that honed his mastery of visual density, light, and tone.
He studied at Nihon University College of Art, later continuing his education in London at the Quay Brothers’ studio.
Makino’s films have been shown at major film festivals and museums worldwide, earning him accolades such as the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, among others.
ON GENERATION AND CORRUPTION
2017, 26 min., col., short-length
ANTI-COSMOS
2022, 16 min., col., short-length
CONSTELLATION
2024, 21 min., col., short-length
MICROCOSMOS
2022, 12 min., col., short-length
Anti-cosmos
Microcosmos
Description
Russian premiere
100 collages created by Makino, presented in chronological order.
On Generation and Corruption
Description
Russian premiere
Named after Aristotle’s treatise, this film is an abstraction set in motion by the clash of light and darkness.
Constellation
Description
Russian premiere
A follow-up to Microcosmos, this meditative work unfolds like the search for a star chart amidst stardust.
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