Teruo Koike
Directing
Biography
Born in Aichi in 1951. Becomes involved in independent filmmaking as a student of Kobe University. Discovers Stan Brakhage in 1974 and steps into the world of individual experimental images. Engages in constructing a petrochemical complex in Iran in 1978. Returns to Japan a year later due to the Khomeinī revolution. Joins the kick off of Voyant Cinémathèque in 1983. Leads the image exhibition based on individual and new work shows, "The Image Cosmology", since 1996 and continues till today. Also, he continues to produce "The Ecosystem Series", his lifework.
Known For
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Ecosystem 22
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Ecosystem 23 ~ Time
A brief documentary focused on the history of experimental Super 8mm filmmaking. Prominent figures of the "s8" boom of the 1970s discuss their work and their first encounters with the medium.
A (possible) trip around the world in super 8
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Ecosystem 28 ~ Density 2
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Ecosystem 13 ~ Umbra Cone
Inside a stone, I found an architecture with light and time, this is my work. - TK
Ecosystem 20 ~ Stone
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Ecosystem 21 ~ Canis Majoris
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Ecosystem 25 ~ BlacK 2
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Ecosystem 19 ~ Gemini
Part 16 of Koike Teruo’s Ecosystem series. 8mm
Ecosystem 16 ~ Geoid
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Ecosystem 24 ~ BlacK
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Ecosystem 26 ~ Vibrating Sand
Part 7 of Koike Teruo’s Ecosystem series. 8mm
Ecosystem 7 ~ A sedimentary Heat
"The first film in which I was a scriptor, actor and director. Many thanks for my schoolmates who kindly cooperated to appear in this movie." -Teruo Koike
Study
The ecosystem series which started in 1981 counts 15 and is still growing, becoming Koike's lifework. Through the series, Koike has shot a huge amount – thousands – of still photos of objective motifs, from ocean creatures, microbes, and granite to artificial material such as fishing nets. Those photos are developed with a specialized method then reshot with movie film. The style has been thoroughly continued. The images that are created as a result tower before our eyes as an overwhelming visual experience. Each motif has been repeatedly decomposed and reconstructed of its "attribution" and "meaning", causing a shocking Gestalt breakdown for the audience.
Ecosystem 5 ~ A Tremulous Stone
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Ecosystem 10 ~ A Dripping Moss
Experimental short film by Teruo Koike.
Haruyama Myomi Nobujo
Part 29 of Koike Teruo’s Ecosystem series. Digital
Ecosystem 29 ~ Density 3
Part 15 of Koike Teruo’s Ecosystem series.
Ecosystem 15 ~ Lunar Libration
8mm film directed by Teruo Koike