ALMOST DOWN (2012)
HDV transferred on 16mm film
2’36” (continuous loop)

Made in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. By using an obsolete, down-converting technique of digital to analog film, a circular motion of a crow flying in the sky is matched with a continuous loop of a film projector while subtly referring to the Earthquake as historical cycle, and a symbolic nut always remains in the center of the screen, as if one is watching a distant star. Credit: Film camera operation: Mischa Leinkauf Equipment: Haruo Ikeda Shot on location at Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. Supported by Ikedabijutsu Inc. / Tokyo Laboratory Ltd. / NCS Products Projected funded by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Tokyo Wonder Site Exhibition history: Mar. 2012, Tokyo Story 2011​, Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, Tokyo, JP