Existing between the cinema screen, the museum space and elsewhere, artists and filmmakers in Japan are beginning to develop a shared cinematic language. This proves they don’t exist in separate worlds, despite the differences in the ways in which the works are produced, circulate, and received by audiences.

Featuring mostly film and video works from the past decade, this programme highlights two impulses and preoccupations: memory and identity.

As Japanese artists have begun to interrogate their nation’s relationship with history in invigorating ways, the selective nature of Japan’s collective memory and rigid ideas pertaining belonging and national identity have undergone critical examination through audiovisual means.