Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto
2012, Japanese. Directed by Yūko Nakamura.
This documentary follows 200 days in the life of contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto— a leading presence in the world of modern art. He is the winner of many prestigious awards and his photographs are sold for millions of yen at overseas auctions. The film shows the sites of the Architecture series shot in southern France, the huge installation art work at 17th Biennale of Sydney, his new work Mathematics at Provence, his art studio while working on Lightning Fields, and more. It thoroughly pursues the question Sugimoto's works pose - "living in modern times, what are these works trying to tell us?" Memories of Origin is the Director's Cut of the program broadcasted at WOWOW on December, 2010. This documetary is expanded from a TV program which was honored is nominated for the International Emmy Award for Art 2011.
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- 1h 23m
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- Japanese
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- Released
- 31 March 2012
- Original title
- はじまりの記憶 杉本博司
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- Japan
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Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto (2012) was directed by Yūko Nakamura and stars Hiroshi Sugimoto, Tadao Ando, Lee U-Fan.