Movies

  • 1982
    Shift

    Shift

    Shift

    7.31982HD

    By cutting up and zoom in on images of facades creates Matsumoto visual effects.

    Shift
  • 1987
    Engram

    Engram

    Engram

    6.21987HD

    Engram is a three-part piece revolving around a few good old ideas such as photos inside of photos, movies inside of movies, photos inside of movies,...

    Engram
  • 1981
    Connection

    Connection

    Connection

    6.41981HD

    In Connection, a static shot of the sky with moving clouds is subdivided into regular geometrical regions, which are then individually (and...

    Connection
  • 2012
    Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change

    Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change

    Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change

    02012HD

    Matsumoto's last video was produced by Sano Gallery. Matsumoto set the common theme as “Seeing” in 2009, six co-writers participated to...

    Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change
  • 1955
    Silver Wheel

    Silver Wheel

    Silver Wheel

    01955HD

    A surrealist commercial for bicycles.

    Silver Wheel
  • 1978
    Enigma: Nazo

    Enigma: Nazo

    Enigma: Nazo

    71978HD

    Enigma is something of a more glamorous version of White Hole, with a wide variety of elaborate textures (often composed of iconographic and...

    Enigma: Nazo
  • 1969
    Ecstasis

    Ecstasis

    Ecstasis

    7.51969HD

    Repetitive abstract experimental film. A bearded man flickers past a hundred times.

    Ecstasis
  • 1992
    Dissimulation

    Dissimulation

    Dissimulation

    01992HD

    Dissimulation
  • 1959
    300 Ton Trailer

    300 Ton Trailer

    300 Ton Trailer

    01959HD

    A short documentary about a trailer weighing over 300 tons that carries material for the construction of a dam toward Tokyo.

    300 Ton Trailer
  • 1975
    Everything Visible Is Empty

    Everything Visible Is Empty

    Everything Visible Is Empty

    7.41975HD

    There's more to picture than meets the eye in this journey into oriental metaphysical imagery. Starting (in a very Christian manner) with the Word,...

    Everything Visible Is Empty
  • 1970
    Space Projection Ako

    Space Projection Ako

    Space Projection Ako

    01970HD

    Experimental film by Toshio Matsumoto created for the 1970 world's fair, Expo '70 in Osaka. The film was made up of multiple projections onto the...

    Space Projection Ako
  • 1975
    A Girl

    A Girl

    A Girl

    01975HD

    A Girl
  • 1972
    Autonomy

    Autonomy

    Autonomy

    01972HD

    Autonomy
  • 1985
    EE Control

    EE Control

    EE Control

    4.81985HD

    It was produced to be exhibited at the “Personal Focus” (April 23-8, 1985), a three-minute, 8mm film screening held in Fukuoka. Digitized...

    EE Control
  • 1986
    1986 Summer

    1986 Summer

    1986 Summer

    01986HD

    A previously unseen short by the Japanese avant-garde titan, Toshio Matsumoto's 1986 Summer locates faces and bodies within superimpositions, zooms,...

    1986 Summer
  • 1984
    Wave

    Wave

    Wave

    01984HD

    Wave
  • 1968
    Magnetic Scramble

    Magnetic Scramble

    Magnetic Scramble

    01968HD

    Magnetic Scramble is the first video work by Toshio Matsumoto. Here, the artist manipulates television images (of student demonstrations against the...

    Magnetic Scramble
  • 1982
    Relation

    Relation

    Relation

    6.61982HD

    In Relation, the focus of the viewer’s attention is guided by pointers moving through the screen.

    Relation
  • 1984
    Vibration

    Vibration

    Vibration

    01984HD

    "A flicker film made using only intense shock-zooms, Vibration is one of a series of films Matsumoto made in the 1980s that explored proprioception...

    Vibration
  • 1959
    Security Treaty

    Security Treaty

    Security Treaty

    01959HD

    An early experimental film by Toshio Matsumoto. Produced as part of the student riots in Japan at the start of the 1960s, Matsumoto uses collage,...

    Security Treaty