Myths of the Heart: The Film and Video World of Mako Idemitsu
Nishijima provides a brief survey of Idemitsu's early works "in order to understand her video work properly." Briefly touching upon over half of Idemitsu's 25 early films, Nishijima uses formal analysis and Jungian psychology to explore themes present in the works: light and shadow, women's everyday reality and the frustrations of being a (Japanese) housewife, conscious and unconscious lives of women, familial relationships (mother/son and wife/husband), and identity conflicts experienced by women.
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ITEM 2010.003 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
At Yukigaya 2 – Mako Idemitsu
At Yukigaya 4 – Mako Idemitsu
Something Within Me – Mako Idemitsu
Tawamure to Kimagure to (Play and Capriciousness) – Mako Idemitsu
Chichi no Jokei (Mental Landscape of Father) – Mako Idemitsu
Zawameki no moto de (At the Source of the Disturbance) – Mako Idemitsu
Another Day of a Housewife – Mako Idemitsu
At Any Place 4 – Mako Idemitsu
Shadow – Mako Idemitsu
Animus – Mako Idemitsu
Great Mother – Mako Idemitsu
Hideo, It's Me, Mama – Mako Idemitsu
Kae, Act Like a Girl – Mako Idemitsu
Kiyoko's Situation – Mako Idemitsu