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Such as ocean and unexplored region, anthropologist of Harvard project "ingenious video world."

Anthropologist takes a megaphone to cut the field work and unique perspective Special Screening by "Harvard University sensory ethnography lab," "Hunt the World" is June 13 from (Saturday), Shibuya Theatre Image Forum in will be held.

The Harvard sensation ethnography lab, an experimental laboratory to promote the collaboration between aesthetics and ethnography. As a result of a research project that is a combination of analog and digital media, announced Film and video art, sound, photographs, the installation work. In Japan, in August 2014, the North American bottom trawling drawn with overwhelming visual beauty and sound, "Leviathan" is published, it attracted attention.

This time, to publish a four-point video works that same lab is engaged in. To become "Leviathan" is re-screening, trawlers continue to dangerous and harsh fishing over several weeks stage. In co-director of Rushian-Kyasutenu = Taylor, director at Verena-Paraveru and lab of anthropologist, shooting dead fish a small camera "GoPro" with 11 units waterproof function, that was carried out by mounting such as the rope.
Movie "Leviathan" © Arrete Ton Cinema 2012

Chain of iron on the screen is rolled up, the fishermen to clean the floor feet, small fish that are thrown into the pitch-black sea, such as cigarette smoke, many of the free will to recorded images one after another in a close-up projection. Through a visual experience from the point of view that has lost the "subjective", such as if the trawler is like a huge monster, people has become a unique work to fall into feeling as if it is a savage beast.
Movie "Montana last cowboy" © Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor

In addition, adventure Tan that cowboy who brought sheep to traverse the Montana Beartooth Mountains "Montana last cowboy", followed the people living at the junk yard of the auto parts "New York junk yard", Hindu overlooking the Himalayas 3 installment of the "pilgrimage of Manakamana Clouds" to follow the way up to today's holy Land Manakamana temple, for the first time published in Japan.

"Convey the mainly human experience through the characters in anthropology, but the words just are a lot of things that can not be told," said Rushian director. A such a experience in the lab that "to express with video and sound, chose the transfer to go the road." Video group of new sensation was born from anthropologists of field work to seek a new view of the world .... Through the screening event, it is to experience the magical world trip that little bit different as well as to travel on their feet?

"Hunt the World / Harvard University sensation ethnography lab Kessakusen"
Yes Period: June 13 to July 17, 2015
Yes hours: 13: 30/16: 15/19: 00
 ※上映作品は日によって異なります。詳細は劇場公式サイトまで
Yes theater:Theatre Image Forum
〇 Official:http://www.hunt-the-world.com/
Yes works:
* "Montana last cowboy"(2009 / US / 101 minutes)
 監督:イリーサ・バーバッシュ、ルーシァン・キャステーヌ=テイラー
 ©Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor
* "New York junk yard"(2010 / US, France / 80 min.)
 監督:ヴェレナ・パラヴェル、J.P.シニァデツキ
 ©Verena Paravel and J.P. Sniadecki
* "Leviathan"(2012 / US, France, UK / 87 minutes)
 監督:ヴェレナ・パラヴェル、ルーシァン・キャステーヌ=テイラー
 ©Arrete Ton Cinema 2012
* "Pilgrimage of Manakamana Clouds"(2013 / Nepal, rice / 118 minutes)
 監督:ステファニー・スプレイ、パチョ・ヴェレズ
 ©Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez

Editorial Yokota

Born in 1980, Kanagawa prefecture. Shibuya since he moved to Tokyo in the period in the university is a sacred place of culture. While now belong to the Shibuya culture project editing unit, is the straw sandals life of two feet to act as a caregiver.

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