Ko Nakajima Movies

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

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

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

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...

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...

After graduating from Tama University of Arts, Nakajima made this work with the intention of submitting to the Sogetsu Animation Festival. Without...

This work was started in 1967 as a documentation of Nakajima’s life. The footage was edited into a single piece for the first time in 1974, in...

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

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...

The Rooms in the Photographs — Ko Nakajima’s Rooms Directed by Ko Nakajima, Photography by Hitoshi Kubo and Yosuke Nakagawa. Edited by...

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...

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...

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

Early experiment by Ko Nakajima.

The document, which splices together footage from both Osaka and Montreal, offers a rare comparative insight into the two events. It is believed to...

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...

A document of the nascent collective Video Earth's activities relating to the programming, operation and organisation of cable access television...

A feminine crossdresser explores their sexuality.

Video began as a medium that inspired discovery. This art documentary traces the expressive roots of “media art” in Japan — works...