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UK PREMIERE Tokyo Telepath 2020 + Jizai
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Tokyo Telepath 2020, dir. Maiko Endo, 2020, 49 min.


Tokyo Telepath 2020
dir. Maiko Endo, Japan 2020, 49 min., Japanese with English subtitles

UK Premiere

A retro-furtuirst Tokyo has become a giant building site in the run-up to the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Behind the ambitious buildings’ facades, an even more far-reaching transformation is unfolding: the city is being digitised, inhabitants and all. The ‘Fusion’ programme has been embraced by the population and is well on its way to controlling their minds. A philosophical-spiritual science-fiction film about two teenagers (Natsuko, Luka) with special gifts and their special mission.

Jizai
dir. Maiko Endo, Japan 2024, 14min, Japanese and French with English subtitles

UK Premiere

As part of science outreach program, this captivating short film is a fictionalised documentation of the Inami Jizai Body Project, led by Dr. Masahiko Inami. The project is an academic research initiative exploring the potential of body augmentation, where humans can merge with robots and AI while maintaining a sense of self-agency in both physical and virtual spaces.

Working with a robot integrated with him, a boy tries to make a new body part to expand the limits of human abilities. The boy is communicating with two other kids simultaneously via the specially made glasses. Their visions reflect the real world and also the cyber world. Everything seems connected to each other, but…
 
06:00 pm
Sun, 27 Oct 2024
Cinema 1
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