Takashi Makino

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Takashi Makino (1978, Japan) is an artist and makes experimental films. He was educated in Cinematography at the Nihon University College of Art in Japan. In 2001, he served an apprenticeship with the Quay Brothers in London, during which he mainly studied film music and lighting. His short films Elements of Nothing (2008) and Generator (2012) have been selected for IFFR's short film competition, and with Generator Makino won a Tiger Award for Short Films. His films have been invited for screenings at numerous film and video art festivals worldwide.

Most Popular Takashi Makino Trailers

Total trailers found: 52

Nivhek Trailer (2019)

21 December 2019

Under the name Nivhek, Liz Harris (Grouper) maps richly detailed inner worlds where enigmatic vibrations and voices glide dimly in and out of the void.

No is E Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

With the aid of a layered construction of the image, Takashi has managed to capture the different reflections of light on the surface of water.

Hokusotan 2015 (Action Direct) Trailer (2015)

06 May 2015

Performance by Takashi Makino with music composed by Otomo Yoshihide. A tribute for Teruto Soejima and Masayuki Takayanagi.

The World Trailer (2009)

05 June 2009

The four elements referred to as "water", "flame", "wind" and "earth" in this film all exist individually while responding to each other, by fighting and loving each other, foster the concept of a world in each individual's "subjectivity".

while we are here Trailer (2009)

04 March 2009

The film version of the installation exhibition “while being here” which Takashi Makino and Ryota Aoyagi performed in 2007.

KONTRAST Trailer (2015)

01 January 2015

Experimental film by Takashi Makino

Emblem Trailer (2011)

18 January 2011

16min, 2011, shooting format: 16mm film, screening format: HD, col

The Ark Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

An experimental film by Takashi Makino.

AMARGASM Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

"This (piece of) work was produced as thesis film project. I shot by 8mm film camera and printed it to 16 mm film by very old optical printer.

cinéma concret Trailer (2015)

22 September 2015

Shadow presences gradually emerge in Japanese filmmaker Makino Takashi’s abstract cinema composed of layers upon layers of natural imagery that awaken the senses.

Resolution, Synthesis, Re-composition Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

Experimental film by Takashi Makino.

Undulations Trailer (2017)

01 January 2017

Experimental film by Takashi Makino. Collaboration film with Canadian multi musician Cal Lyall.

KVTV Trailer (2014)

30 May 2014

Makino Takashi collaboration with LeBon.

Article left by the departed Trailer (2013)

01 January 2013

Experimental film by Takashi Makino.

from unconsciousness Trailer (2021)

19 April 2021

All images by participants of online workshop by Takashi Makino "Structure of Universe". Edit by Takashi Makino (in 2 days).

The Shadow and Stardust Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Experimental film by Takashi Makino.

Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory Trailer (2018)

27 January 2018

A live performance film capturing an intimate concert by composer, pianist and music producer Ryuichi Sakamoto in New York City.

In your star Trailer (2011)

04 March 2011

Early experimental work from Takashi Makino.

Elements of Nothing Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

For this film, Takashi Makino allowed himself to be inspired by the earth. In a never-ending stream of images, we recognize elements from the forest that he then reduces to an abstraction.

The Seasons Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

A presentation of an expanding formation of "Elements of Nothing". The systematic harsh noise shaped by water and trees gives birth to a storm of novel imagination in the viewer's emotions.

Inter View Trailer (2011)

26 January 2011

Short film by Takashi Makino

On Generation and Corruption Trailer (2017)

26 January 2017

Borrowing its title from a treatise by Aristotle, the latest film by Makino Takashi is an abstract work that finds its drive in the clash between light and darkness.

2012 Trailer (2013)

21 March 2013

Everything I saw during 2012. This work will show you the dynamic moment of changing from film image to digital image.

Untitled Trailer (2020)

02 October 2020

Untitled is a collage film that combines the image and sound of Takashi Makino, the music of Lawrence English and the automatic writing text of Esperanza Collado, produced between March and June 2020, when the first attack of the coronavirus shook the world.

Still in Cosmos Trailer (2009)

28 October 2009

An immersive work that uses skilled manipulation of the film surface and a powerful drone soundtrack to create a layered and dense universe of controlled chaos.

Film for Shade Trailer (2022)

04 February 2022

Experimental film for Grouper by Takashi Makino

Emaki/Light Trailer (2011)

31 December 2011

Emaki is a Japanese traditional narrative form in picture and text created from 11th to 16th century)

Engine Trailer (2023)

17 February 2023

Engine materializes Liz Harris’s self-confessed obsession with engine sounds from cars and trains, and noise explosions heard at drag races.

Origin of the Dreams Trailer (2015)

23 January 2015

Microcosmos Trailer (2022)

28 August 2022

"Micro Cosmos" is an non-narrative experimental documentary film that records 100 collages produced by Makino in 2021 in chronological order.

Double Phase Trailer (2020)

28 February 2020

Filmed entirely on location in Australia, Double Phase follows a discrete visual chronology captured by Takashi Makino.

Dreaming In The Dark Trailer (2018)

04 January 2018

For Dreaming the Dark: hands that see, eyes that touch, Ana Vaz invited artists and filmmakers whose work trust cinema’s capacity to transform relationships between the body and the camera to propose works that will engage with both perception and embodiment.

The Picture from Darkness Trailer (2016)

08 October 2016

Takashi Makino's collaboration with Derek Jarman regular Simon Fisher Turner. Taking its starting point as Jarman's blindness after the completion of BLUE.

Axis of Aion Trailer (2019)

01 July 2019

From 2019, Makino and Knapp have launched a new project "Axis of Aion". It uses two video projectors, each projecting live video and fusing them on a single screen.

Tranquil Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

“The rain” and “white noise” , “the outside of water” , “the inside of water” , everything become to together and drifting.

Imagination Trailer (2025)

28 April 2025

This film has no images, but keep illuminating and keep moving like a life, imaginative creativity itself.

Space Noise Trailer (2015)

15 February 2015

[Space Noise] is a performance in which the double 25 FPS award winner confronts high-resolution video images and 16mm live projection.

Generator Trailer (2012)

25 January 2012

Takashi Makino’s source of inspiration, our place in the world and the universe, never seems to dry up in view of the never-ending flow of immersive films.

Memento Stella Trailer (2018)

24 January 2018

Makino Takashi takes us to a place where different rules apply. He overwhelms us with his universe, which is built up of countless images, figurative and non-figurative, accompanied by an equally sophisticated soundtrack.

Constellation Trailer (2024)

20 July 2024

This work is a sequel to 2022's Microcosmos, created using paper collages created by Makino in 2024 and 8K scanned film noise.

Anti-Cosmos Trailer (2022)

31 December 2022

A physical film for showing at cinema. The soundtrack, which was mainly produced in the range of frequencies below 1000Khz, physically vibrates the viewer's body.

Ghost of OT301 Trailer (2014)

02 February 2014

Abstract short.

EVE Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

"I represented light and life coming out of the darkness. I aimed for the fusion of multiple exposure and animation.

Deorbit Trailer (2013)

01 January 2013

Deorbit, the first collaboration between Makino Takashi and Telcosystems, takes viewers on a voyage from the immeasurable depths of space, visible only as pixels, to micro-space, the celluloid grain itself.

The Low Storm Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

Short film by Takashi Makino

Endless Cinema Trailer (2017)

11 March 2017

10&11/03/2017 at Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum Images and music by Makino Takashi, music by Je

Humming Fields Trailer (2013)

13 April 2013

Colleen is the alias of French artist Cécile Schott, who after a long period of silence, in 2013 returned to activity with The Weighing of the Heart (Second Language), a surprising work that represented another ambitious step forward in a career in constant evolution.

The Intimate Stars Trailer (2004)

31 December 2004

I see the particles of three primary colours when I close my eyes. I named them 'stars', then observed and filmed them.

At the Horizon Trailer (2017)

01 August 2017

An audiovisual snow storm in front of a black ground, a white horizontal line that divides the image, grid planes, unfolding and folding dimensions.

Wordless in Woods Trailer (2014)

07 May 2014

Makino wraps footage of trees with a gauzy, summer drenched haze. Visually and aurally it’s a very impressionistic experience.

Phantom Nebula Trailer (2014)

01 October 2014

first foray into found-footage filmmaking where human shadows emerge from the dust and scratches accp

In the Spectacle Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007