The documentary film “Kami-Robo” by graphic designer, Katsunori Aoki, was one of the most impressive works exhibited. The main character in the film is Tomohiro Yasui, a molding designer. The story follows the imaginatory world created by his paper robot.

Thus, a good point of this festival is that people can view their favorite films any number of times during the festival. Simultaneously, the situation that favorite works can be accessed at any time leads people to not be able to concentrate on one work sometimes. For example, I thought I’d watch screen A and wore the headphones to concentrate on it but I glanced at screen B by chance and was fascinated by it then I started watching B with the sound for A. After a while, I tried to concentrate on A but my attention was distracted by B again and finally I moved to B. Nevertheless, I was still worrying about A! It was like the situation of watching a football game on TV and worrying about a baseball game at the same time and changing the channel often. The result is not following what’s going on in both games. Another point for enjoying this festival is to watch films with perseverance and concentration, overcoming such situations.

Nueva was held from a different viewpoint than conventional film festivals. Although I can’t say whether this unique show method raises the value of films, new film expressions of the next generation will be produced when spectators digest this experience. I want to expect what new image experience will be projected by the screen of Nueva after this.

Exhibited artists: Spike Jonze, Doug Aitken, Harmony Korine, Atom Egoyan, John Galiano, Naohiro Ukawa, and more

Nueva 2003
Date: December 10th – 25th, 2003
Place: Harajuku Laforet Museum, Tokyo
Address: 3F Harajuku R Bld. 6-17-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Tel: +81 (0)3 3406 8835
https://www.nueva2003.com