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Wakka

A dancer who known for "listens to the voice of the earth and builds water on the land," He sensed the water crisis caused by climate change, begininng a journey to explore the origin of water by building water pipes. Meeting an indigenous Ainu man, he sensed that people's lives began by the riverside.A few years later, he met a female dancer. In the end, water dropped from the faucet.

  • Yo Nakajima
    Director
  • Eiichi Aso
    Producer
  • Shintaro Hirahara
    Key Cast
  • Yo Nakajima
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Video Art, Habitat
  • Runtime:
    37 minutes 41 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 20, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    8,000,000 JPY
  • Country of Origin:
    Japan
  • Country of Filming:
    Japan
  • Language:
    Japanese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Yo Nakajima

1970- Began independent production and screening of films.
In the 1980s, while running a free space for various forms of expression such as video, art, music, theater, butoh, photography, and poetry in Sapporo, "Eki-Ura No. 8 Warehouse" with 1 or 2 friends. While running the free space "Eki-Ura No. 8 Warehouse" with one or two friends, he also produced his own video works, video art and installations.
1986- Founded and operated the video gallery "Image Galerio," and 1992- Established the citizen-funded cinema "Theater Kino" in Tokyo. Established "Theater Kino," a citizen-funded cinema, and took a break from production to devote himself to its operation.
2018- Resumed activities as a filmmaker and artist.

1973 "Waters Room" (8mm, 17 min.) Collection of Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art
1984 "Roads Window" (8mm, 13 min.), Collection of Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art
1988 "Hands Window" (video, 7 min.) Second prize at Image Forum Festival
1991 "Berlin-Sapporo" (video, 15 min.)
2018 "Fair and Neutral" (installation)
2019 "Water Room, Window of the World" (video + installation)
　　　　　2019 "The Day There Will Be No More Water" (installation)
2020 "The Mirai of Memory" (5-sided video installation digitized from 8mm video)
2022 "Wakka" (digital, 39 min.)

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Director Statement

“Wakka" is the indigenous Ainu word for “water". People's lives began by the riverside, and those who lived with nature had the ability to sense the flow of water on the earth. When asked, "Can you hear the voice of water?" what is necessary for art is the five senses to hear it. It is the "sense of wonder" and Lévi-Strauss's "Wild Thought”. Based on the Buddhist idea of "living with the dead," I depicted the water pipe as an accumulation of the wisdom and thoughts of our ancestors and the faucet as a metaphor for civilization.