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Oki Kayako
SHADES OF SAFFLOWER-DYED CELLULOID
Japan, 2015, 10’
SHADES OF SAFFLOWER-DYED CELLULOID
Grasp the color of shades,
That was brought from light passing through safflowers,
It dyes particles, time, and a very tiny universe.
Oki Kayako
Born in Fukuoka in 1987. Kayako Oki graduated from Department of Fine Arts (Textile) in Tohoku University of Art and Design. She started filmmaking during her study in the university and has continued to work with a series of “textilm” project focusing on similarities between film and textile.
One of the series “Spinning Light” (2012) has been widely shown in international festivals in and out of the country, including Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2013 and The 8 fest Small-Gauge Film Festival 2015. She also made an official opening sequence for the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2011, while she has collaborated with acoustic musicians such as haruka nakamura by creating a special film for their live performance. “Shades of Safflower-dyed Celluloid”(2015) was selected to be screened in Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2016.
Zlatna vrata Cinematheque, Tuesday 13/9, 19:00