Aos

An abstract animation about people and organs of the body in and out of drawers.

The Chair

Interesting conceptual film where people of various ages and professions are asked to sit on a chair for 15 minutes with nothing to do. We see how bored and uneasy modern people start to feel when wasting time.

Manga

A series of mini-stories satirising our world in the 20th Century.

Imagination of Marathon Runners

Short animation by Yoji Kuri

Here and There

Here and There (1961) fuses live-action and animation and was screened at Three-Person Animation 2. Musique concrète and electronic sounds made by modulating everyday noises such as flush toilets are interspersed throughout the work. Contrasts between opposites, as encapsulated by the title – between live-action space and animated space, between mundane sounds of daily life and bizarre noises – and the war between the sexes, a signature theme in Yōji Kuri’s work, are also palpable in the juxtaposition of musique concrète and scat singing. (C...

Samurai

Short animated film by Yoji Kuri

Flower

A short film by Kuri Youji. A man plants a flower and waits for it to bear fruit...

Human Zoo

A montage of scenes that describe how people can be as bad as animals.