CCJ is pleased to present an online screening of works by artist Norio Imai, organized by scholar Haeyun Park. This program is part of Interrogating Ecology: 1970s Media and Art in Japan project.

Here on view are the pre-recorded presentations for the Interrogating Ecology Winter Panel live event on December 10th. The live event will be a discussion based on these presentations.

CCJ is pleased to partner with researcher, writer, and curator Fusako Matsu to make available works by animator Taku Furukawa over the next three months.

CCJ is pleased to present a screening of works by Yoji Kuri in connection to CCJ’s ongoing focus on experimental animation this year. This program is organized by Fusako Matsu, and is the first in the series of programming that will continue through February 2022 when we will partner with Lightbox Film Center to present in-person screening programs curated by Matsu, Julian Ross, and Go Hirasawa.

CCJ is pleased to partner with Art Saloon to present the works of Masanobu Nakamura. Curator, producer, and filmmaker Akihiro Suzuki has specially selected eight titles for CCJ’s members’ viewing, which will be presented over three months.

CCJ is pleased to partner with Art Saloon to present the works of Masanobu Nakamura. Curator, producer, and filmmaker Akihiro Suzuki has specially selected eight titles for CCJ’s members’ viewing, which will be presented over three months.

CCJ is pleased to partner with Art Saloon to present the works of Masanobu Nakamura. Curator, producer, and filmmaker Akihiro Suzuki has specially selected eight titles for CCJ’s members’ viewing, which will be presented over three months.

CCJ is delighted to announce the final two programs in our spring/summer series curated by Hirofumi Sakamoto, focusing on the filmmaker Tsuneo Nakai.

CCJ are thrilled to present two films born of the extraordinary partnership of Arakawa and Madeleine Gins, in cooperation with the Reversible Destiny Foundation.

Hirofumi Sakamoto continues his curatorial presentations on CCJ’s Viewing Platform, focused on works of Tsuneo Nakai in July and August.

Our final month of access to Keiichi Tanaami works this spring/summer will conclude with Black Cat (1972) and Flicker Love No. 1 (1971).

This event is inspired by Yoko Ono’s second conceptualization of SKY T.V. in 1967 for the Lisson Gallery, which she described as “a T.V. just to see the sky. Different channels for different skies, high-up sky, low sky, etc." SKY T.V. 1966.

CCJ is pleased to welcome back scholar Hirofumi Sakamoto to present three online screening programs in May, June, and July, focusing on animation artist Nobuhiro Aihara, and filmmaker Tuneo Nakai.

We are very excited to launch our new research project titled “Unearthing Japanese Experimental Animation of the 1960s and 1970s,” with a three-month series of special access to works by Keiichi Tanaami, some of which have not been presented outside of Japan.

CCJ is pleased to welcome back scholar Hirofumi Sakamoto to present three online screening programs in May, June, and July, focusing on animation artist Nobuhiro Aihara, and filmmaker Tuneo Nakai.

We are very excited to launch our new research project titled “Unearthing Japanese Experimental Animation of the 1960s and 1970s,” with a three-month series of special access to works by Keiichi Tanaami, some of which have not been presented outside of Japan.

The final month featuring Kohei Ando presents Les Fils/The Sons, 1973, 16mm, 25 min. The work can be viewed for free for members on our streaming site.

Continuing exploring Kohei Ando’s works, March features are here! Members can view two titles during the month of March on our streaming site. Read more about the artist on our website.

CCJ is very pleased to present a streaming screening series featuring the work of Mako Idemitsu.
The streaming programs will be available on our streaming platform, $12 per program.
These programs will be accompanied by a new interview with the artist, to be published in early March.

MoMA to host a virtual reading and discussion on CCJ’s book, Japanese Expanded Cinema and Intermedia: Critical Texts of the 1960s. The live reading will occur Feb. 20th at 6pm. Anyone can join on MoMA’s zoom!

Continuing the exploration of works by Kohei Ando, in February, members can view Star Waars!, a charming collection of familiar Japanese stars growling at the camera like Leo the Lion. Also available is My Friends, in My Address Book, a filmic address book featuring Ando’s friends.

We are excited to begin 2021 with filmmaker Kohei Ando's works in our Monthly Membership Feature. Running monthly through April, members will have the chance to view Ando's works.

Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver’s Cinematic Illumination at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is now open by appointment. As part of the Intermedia Art Festival at the discotheque Killer Joe’s, Tokyo, in 1969, Gulliver presented Cinematic Illumination (1968-69), a work involving eighteen slide projectors that illuminated the unique 360-degree environment.