“Rather than hang my work on the walls of exhibition halls, let me take it and show it to people. Let me create a space where I, the painter, and those who come to see my art, can come together in a space for dialogue. To do that, I came upon the idea of producing transportable slide works like ancient scroll paintings.”
Tomiyama Taeko, “Ajia no shiza kara – gaka to shite onna to shite,” in Bijutsu shi wo
toki hanatsu [Setting free art history], Jiji Press, Ltd., 1994
“Slides, once used in magic lanterns, are a surprisingly expressive medium. Still images appear in the darkened space, moving slowly with the sound of music and words. Now sensing a gentler flow of time, viewers who have grown used to fast-moving media can now recall forgotten worlds.”
Tomiyama Taeko, “Memory and Narrative,” in Slides (brochure).
List of slide works produced by Hidane Kobo
- 1. Chained Hands in Prayer
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- 1977
- Chon Kyon-Mo, Enishi Koichi, Hayashi Hikaru, Hayashi Yoko, Ito Soichi, Koike Masato, Kuronuma Yuriko, Maeda Katsuhiro, Motohashi Seiichi, Takahashi Yuji, Tomiyama Taeko, Tsuchimoto Noriaki
- 80 slides, 36 minutes
- Japanese, English, and Spanish versions
- 2. Rice is Heaven
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- 3.Rumor
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- 1979
- Poetry, Kim Chi-Ha; translation, Lee Un-Ja; narration, Ito Soichi; images Tomiyama Taeko; music, Takahashi Yuji; editing; Maeda Katsuhiro; photography, Motohashi Seiichi; management, Ooka Ryuichi; performance, Takahashi Yuji, Fukuyama Atsuo; organization, Takahashi Masahiro, Hara Satoshi; recording, Miyanaga Studio, Tokyo Cine Art
- 50 slides, 14 minutes
- Japanese and German versions
- 4. Prayer in Memory: Kwangju, May 1980
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- 1980
- Images, Tomiyama Taeko; music, Takahashi Yuji; photography, Utsumi Seiji
- 71 slides, 12 minutes
- Japanese, English, Korean versions
- 5. A Memory of the Sea
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- 1988
- Images, Tomiyama Taeko; music, Takahashi Yuji; narration, Arai Jun; photography, Motohashi Seiichi; lighting, Kato Sumihiro
- 80 slides, 26 minutes, 20 seconds
- Japanese, English, German, and Spanish versions
- 6. A Thai Girl Who Never Came Home
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- 1991
- Images and text, Tomiyama Taeko; Images, Jarassri Roopkumdee; music, Takahashi Yuji, Caravan folk band; narration, Nakayama Chinatsu, Sunaga Keiko; photography, Hara Kazuo, Kobayashi Sachiko, Kobayashi Akira, Fukuoka Takahiro (Shisso Production); poetry, Chit Phumisak, Caravan songbook; translation, Surichai Wun’Gaeo, Shoji Kazuko, recording; GOK Sound, Kojima Rokuon
- 80 slides, 28 minutes
- Japanese, Thai, and English versions
- 7. Harbin, Requiem for the 20th Century
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- 1995
- Images, Tomiyama Taeko; music, Takahashi Yuji; photography, Shisso Production, Hara Kazuo, Kobayashi Sachiko, Kimura Motohiko, Inoue Shinpachi; lighting, Tsukayama Makoto, Ootsubo Akira, Kawauchi Yoshihiro, Ino Minoru; cooperation, Utagawa Keiko, Murofushi Atsuko, Kobayashi Hiromichi; Art Museum Affiliated to Tama Art University
- 80 slides, 25 minutes
- Japanese and English versions
- 8. The Fox Story
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- 2001
- Images, Tomiyama Taeko; music, Takahashi Yuji; photography, Kobayashi Hiromichi; lighting, Tsukayama Makoto; translation, Rebecca Jennison
- 80 slides, 25 minutes
- Japanese and English versions
- 9. Hiruko and the Puppeteers — A Tale of Sea Wanderers (DVD)
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- 2009
- Images, Tomiyama Taeko; music, Takahashi Yuji; photography, Kobayashi Hiromichi; translation, Rebecca Jennison
- 23 minutes
- Japanese and English versions
- 10. Revelation from the Sea (DVD)
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- 2014
- Images, Tomiyama Taeko; music, Takahashi Yuji; photography, Kobayashi Hiromichi; translation, Rebecca Jennison; cooperation, Voyager Japan, Inc.
- 24 minutes, 4 seconds
- Japanese and English versions
- Prayer in Memory: Kwangju, May 1980 (revised, DVD)
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- 2001
- Images. Tomiyama Taeko; music, Takahashi Yuji; photography, Kobayashi Hiromichi; translation, Rebecca Jennison
- 12 minutes
- Seas of Memory: Prayer, Memory, Revelation – Selected Works by Tomiyama Taeko and Takahashi Yuji (DVD)
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- 2020
- Prayer in Memory: Kwangju May 1980 (revised 2001, English, Japanese, Korean); A Memory of the Sea (Japanese, English); Revelation from the Sea (Japanese, English); Banned Images: Video Message from Tomiyama Taeko (Japanese, English)
- 142 minutes
- Voyager Japan, Inc.
