Shiro Takatani
between nature and technology
Roving across Europe and Japan, this film covers over three decades of Shiro Takatani’s artistic journey via his installation, theatrical and dance-based performances. Alongside collaborators that include composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takatani explains the driving principles behind his work where nature and people are observed through modern means. Takatani uses technology to improve our understanding of our environment: infinitely enhancing small organisms, showing large scale galaxies, creating an interaction between performers/dancers with cameras and large screens. Carefully selected performances and installations demonstrate the evolution of his work.
2019 – 52’
direction, camera, editing by Giulio Boato
authors Giulio Boato, Enrico Pitozzi
sound and music by Lorenzo Danesin
producer Léa Bardet
production Idéale Audience (France)
coproduction Vosges TV, Museum
distribution EuroArts
Festivals 2020: Centre Pompidou (Paris, France); Master of Art Film Festival (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Festivals 2019: FIFA festival of films on art (Montreal, Canada); SIFA Singapore Festival of Arts (Singapore); One Dance Week Festival (Sofia, Plovdiv, Bulgaria); Romaeuropa Festival (Rome, Italy); IMZ Dance Screen; University of Arts of Targu-Mures (Targu-Mures, Romania).
Television: Vosges TV; Museum TV; RTP Portugal