PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 24, 2009
Contact: Todd Lillethun, (773) 293-1447
Email: coop@chicagofilmmakers.org
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
Chicago Filmmakers presents
Visual Artist Hitoshi Toyoda
Featuring Toyoda’s live 35mm slideshow NAZUNA
Friday, April 3 at 8 pm
Chicago, IL -- Chicago Filmmakers presents a rare appearance by Hitoshi Toyoda, whose astonishing slideshows have been compared to a visual form of Haiku literature.
Existing between film and still photography, Hitoshi Toyoda's storytelling captures the ebb and flow of daily life, using vivid characters and stunning landscapes to reveal the rhythms of time and the meanings we make for ourselves. A self-taught photographer who has worked exclusively in the medium of slideshows for the past ten years, Toyoda has toured extensively both in the United States and Japan. He only exhibits his work in live contexts, clicking though the slides manually, as the black pauses between the pictures are as important as the pictures themselves. In 580 images taken between 2001 and 2002, NAZUNA documents his leaving New York City after the September 11 terrorist attacks for Tokyo, his childhood home, to see how his former world had changed.
The program is 90 minutes in length. For a preview, visit: www.hitoshitoyoda.com
This screening will take place at Chicago Filmmakers, located at 5243 N. Clark St. in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood. Single admission prices are $8 for general admission, $7 for students with a valid I.D, and $4 for CF members.
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