GIFT A Live Score by Eiko Ishibashi X Film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi 2023 Ages 15+
Photograph of Eiko Ishibashi performing GIFT 2023 / Photograph by Shuhei Kojima / Image courtesy: Front Porch Productions / View full image
When
3.00 pm, Sat 26 Apr 2025 (74 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art, Cinema A
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
About
Join us for the Australian premiere of GIFT, a new audiovisual collaboration between musician-composer Eiko Ishibashi and filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi, presented as part of 'Asia Pacific Triennial Cinema: Ryusuke Hamaguchi'.
GIFT features a live soundtrack performed by Ishibashi, accompanying a silent film directed by Hamaguchi. Ishibashi will perform live at the GOMA cinema in two performances on 24 & 26 Apr 2025.
Following their collaboration on Drive My Car 2021, GIFT originated when Ishibashi asked Hamaguchi to create visuals to accompany her live performance. Hamaguchi decided to create a film with dialogue as a starting point, then turn it into a silent film for Ishibashi’s live performance. Consequently, the project yielded two distinct works: the live score film performance GIFT and the feature film Evil Does Not Exist 2023.
GIFT offers a constantly-evolving cinematic experience, with Ishibashi’s
improvised live performance intervening in Hamaguchi’s visuals, seeking to
re-imagine the relationships between sound, image, and narrative.
Presenting Partner:
Ages 15+
Production Credits
- Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Script: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Cinematographer: Yoshio Kitagawa
- Editors: Azusa Yamazaki, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Cast: Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka
- Print Source: Front Porch Productions
- Rights: Front Porch Productions
- Year: 2023
- Runtime: 74 minutes
- Country: Japan
- Language: No dialogue
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: Digital
- Screening Format: DCP