Electronic Arts Intermix: Rea Tajiri

Rea Tajiri

Overview

Bringing complexity and sophistication to her deconstruction and appropriation of popular texts, Rea Tajiri decodes the images and soundtracks of Hollywood cinema and mass media as a strategy of cultural analysis. Fragmenting and rereading the vernacular of pop cultural narratives, she deciphers their embedded meanings to expose how history and memory are rewritten through media representation.

Titles

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Now I'm Turning to Face You

1982, 6:50 min, color, sound

The Hitchcock Trilogy: Vertigo, Psycho, Torn Curtain

1987, 13:16 min, color, sound

"Vertigo" (Three Character Descriptions)

1987, 5:24 min, color, sound

"Psycho" (Every Character in the Movie Had A Secret)

1987, 3:43 min, color, sound

"Torn Curtain" ("Endless Beginnings")

1987, 3:41 min, color, sound

Off Limits

1988, 7:30 min, color, sound

History and Memory

1991, 30 min, color and b&w, sound