Chikara Iwai
Director/Filmmaker/Artist
Born in Gunma, Japan, 1977.
By using different types of materials and medium such as
video, 2D, 3D and installations, Iwai's works approach to
refer to the particular phenomenon derived from "Recordings
and recorded plate or media". In addition to the involvement
in contemporary art with the award winning film at "One
Minute Word Festival" in Brazil, he also creates PVs
and short films for musicians in Japan and abroad. After
committing himself at a TV production company "TV MAN
UNION", he started filming a documentary of a world−renowned
musician, Otomo Yoshihide in 2005. Since 2006, Iwai is running
an event space, "GRID605", in collaboration with
Otomo.
<Education>
2001 BFA, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
2008 MFA, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music,
Tokyo
<International Film Festival - Offical Selection>
[KIKOE]
2009 The 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam, Spectrum
(Rotterdam, Netherlands)
2009 Iberia Center for Contemporary Art / Chinese Independent
Film Archive (Beijing, China)
2009 The 6th IndieLisboa-International Independent Film
Festival (Lisbon, Portugal)
2009 SANFIC 5, Santiago International Film Festival -Chile-
(Santiago Chile)
2009 The 14th Milano Film Festival (Milano, Italy)
2009 The 24th Mar del Plata International Film Festival
(Mar del Plata, Argentina)
2009 Baus Theater, Bakuon Film Festival,
Opening Scereening (Tokyo, Japan)
2009 CREAM International Festival
for Arts and Media Yokohama 2009 (Kanagawa, Japan)
2010 The 24th Takasaki Film Festival (Gunma, Japan)
,<Screening>
[KIKOE]
2009 Euro Space (Tokyo, Japan)
2010 UPLINC X (Tokyo, Japan)
2010 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa,
Japan)
and more...
[MIRROR -a Documentary film of UNDERCOVER-]supervisor, editor
2011 Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (Tokyo, Japan)
2011 Kiryu Film Festival (Gunma, Japn)
2011 ACE HOTEL - Short Shorts Film Festival NY TOUR (NewYork, USA)
2011 Centre Pompidou - Diane Pernet Presents, A Shaded View on Fashion Film (Paris, France)
<Short Documentary>
2008 Nasuno Mitsuru, Haino Keiji, Ishibashi Eiko (RHYTHM
TRACKS)
2008 Imai Kazuo Trio-Blood (doubtmusic)
2009 UA-ATTA (SPEEDSTAR RECORDS)
<Selected Group Exhibition>
1998 FESTIVAL MUNDAL DO MINUTO/One Minute Word Festival
(Sao Paulo, Brasil)
2002 Sony Dream World 2002/Pacifico Yokohama (Kanagawa,
Japan)
2002 PHILIP MORRIS ART AWARD/The First Move, Tokyo International
Forum (Tokyo, Japan)
2003 THE 7TH GUNMA BIENNALE FOR YOUNG ARTIST, The Museum
of Modern Art, Gunma (Gunma, Japan)
<Music Video>
2002 The Slip/Angels Come On Time(Rykodisc, Video Arts Music)
2002 True Peoples CELEBRATION(Organic Groove)
2004 CRITTERS BUGGIN/stampede(ropeadope, P-Vine RECORDS)
2006 BOBBY PREVITE/The Coalition of the Willing(ropeadope)
<Intro Film/Live Show Opening Movie>
2003 PONGA (ClubCitta'/Kanagawa)
2004 Medeski Martin and Wood (O-East/Tokyo)
2004 The Slip & UA (O-East/Tokyo)
2004 CRITTERS BUGGIN (BALL ROOM/Tokyo)
2006 Medeski Martin and Wood (True Peoples CELEBRATION/Yamanashi)
<CD Jacket>
2003 OtomoYoshihide's New Jazz Quintet+Tatsuya OE/ONJQ+OE
(P-Vine RECORDS)
2003 OtomoYoshihide, Park Je Chun, Mi Yoen/LOOSE COMMUNITY
(Improvised Music from Japan)
2003 OtomoYoshihide, Bill Laswell, Yoshigaki Yasuhiro/SOUP
(P-Vine RECORDS)
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