Takahiko Iimura

Biography

Takahiko Iimura formed the experimental film collective Film Indépendant with Nobuhiko Obayashi, Yoichi Takabayashi, Donald Richie, and Koichiro Ishizaki in 1964. Since then he has produced many conceptual and experimental films and vido art works. in 1966 he moved to the U.S.; since then he has produced work internationally. His major works include Ai (Love) (1962), Observer, Observed (1975), and Ma: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-ji (1989), which includes texts by Arata Isozaki and music by Takehisa Kosugi.