mmm
Synopsis
mmm is an eclectic collection of the clouds captured in Japanese cinema from the 1920s to the present. Drawing inspiration from the 35mm film materials of Japanese physicist and cloud expert Masanao Abe (1891–1966) and scientist Tapio Schneider’s apprehension of a future with cloudless skies, mmm looks at formlessness as an essential actor in the history of cinema.
Schedule
Screening
3‒8 December 2023 | 10.00‒17.00 GMT+7
Credits
Chiemi Shimada
Chiemi Shimada is an artist and filmmaker currently based in London. Working with both analogue and digital materials, her films explore themes of intimacy, domesticity, emptiness, and modernity while utilizing documentary, fiction, and experimental approaches. Her films have been screened at ICA London, LUX, New Art Exchange, Nunnery Gallery, Close-up, Wolf Kino, Cineteca Nacional México, Museum of Modern Art Gunma, and Image Forum, among others. Her work was nominated for Best UK Short Film Award at the Open City Documentary Festival in 2019 and she received the Primary Residency Prize at NAE Open in 2022.
