[Japan tapes]

A collection of brief videotaped encounters on one of Asher’s travels to Japan. More poetic than ethnographic, the works playfully read the surfaces of Japanese modern life as it reacts to its American visitor.

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Credits

creator

Dan Asher

Duration

00:17:57:00

Production places

Japan

Production dates

1997

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1000068

Languages

English

Japanese

Audience classification

unclassified

Subject categories

Digital Art

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Reality

Foreign language films

Short films

Short films → Short films - Japan

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Object Types

Artwork

Materials

Single channel moving image, colour and audio

Holdings

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Master

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

Collected

1 times

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Japan, 1997