Ko Nakajima Movies

A seven minute rhythmic meditation on nature, spirituality, and perspective.

Video began as a medium that inspired discovery. This art documentary traces the expressive roots of “media art” in Japan — works of video, performances, and installations created using video technology that allowed for free and creative visual expression.

This work features the salt marshes of Montpellier France, and uses computer graphics to create fantastical imagery.

This work was created to commemorate the reversion of Okinawa to Japan.

In this tape, Ko Nakajima and Video Earth Tokyo interview a homeless man. The subject is initially angry and frustrated, but gradually opens up and shares stories about his life. Under A Bridge was later broadcast on cable television.

This is an animation using the “Kaki-mation” technique. This piece can be shown as a multiscreen piece with 3 screens.

The series, based on the first 16mm film that was shot in a studio with Nakajima’s family and birds, moves through media and processing transformations over many iterations over the years. Once transferred to video, digital effects were added using the “Animaker,” an electronic image...

Early experiment by Ko Nakajima.

A political work in which Ko Nakajima opposes himself to the Vietnam War.

A work produced in Brittany, France, with funding from the French government and employing local CG artists, the main subject is the Stonehenge.

Art Com Video #2. A collection of video and performance art mostly from Japan (one is from a Canadian Artist and the piece is about Japan) and includes these pieces: Mt. Fuji - Ko Nakajima, Flow (3) Part 2 - Sinsuke Ina, Koto Buki - Tetsuo Sekimoto, Listen the Body - Yoshiomi Yamaguchi, My Gaijin...

The series, based on the first 16mm film that was shot in a studio with Nakajima’s family and birds, moves through media and processing transformations over many iterations over the years. Once transferred to video, digital effects were added using the “Animaker,” an electronic image...

A work of Video Earth Tokyo, it is an interview with a homeless who lived in the Aoyama cemetery. Photography by Michael Goldberg.

Made at the sites of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, this work is a collaboration with Butoh dancer Takumi Harada. The work is currently still in production.

A work of Video Earth Tokyo. Carrying in the rice cooker to the Shinkansen (express train), the group cooked rice between Tokyo and Nagoya. As the train arrives, they started to have a dinner party on the platform.

A feminine crossdresser explores their sexuality.

The series, based on the first 16mm film that was shot in a studio with Nakajima’s family and birds, moves through media and processing transformations over many iterations over the years. Once transferred to video, digital effects were added using the “Animaker,” an electronic image...

After graduating from Tama University of Arts, Nakajima made this work with the intention of submitting to the Sogetsu Animation Festival. Without much funding to work with, Nakajima devised the technique “Kaki-mation,” a method of drawing directly on 35mm film. At this time, he frequented...

The Rooms in the Photographs — Ko Nakajima’s Rooms Directed by Ko Nakajima, Photography by Hitoshi Kubo and Yosuke Nakagawa. Edited by Hitoshi Kubo. Courtesy of Keio University Art Center Produced in 2019 in conjunction with the research and exhibition organized by Hitoshi Kubo of Keio...