Tranquil [2007]

8mm film → video/17min
image and music by Makino Takashi
mastering by Hirano Toshihisa

Takashi Makino (born 1978, live and works in Yokohama, Japan) After graduating from the Cinema Department of Nihon University College of Art in 2001, Makino relocated to London to study under the Quay Brothers. His film No is E won the Terayama Shuji Prize at the Image Forum Festival 2007, and he was prominently featured at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2008, where Elements of Nothing was nominated for the Tiger Award. Since then, Makino has participated in more than 35 international film festivals and video art festivals. His work has recently been shown at Tate Modern, BFI London, document 14, and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

Courtesy the artist and Empty Gallery