Two powerful, de-centering works from Eri Makihara that challenge the dominance of conventional cinematic forms and representations of disability.
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Eri Makihara‘s work is based on experimental film and installation, and is created from the perspective of the biological body senses of people, primarily visual and sign language.
Her works takes different forms, such as screenings and performances, but the underlying concept is the “eloquence” of the human body and space, and the invisible oppression that exists behind it. By providing devices to visualise the phenomena produced by these works, Makihara continues to explore our commonalities and differences, and to attempt to bring to light the social structure of this world. Makihara co-directed the art documentary film LISTEN (2016) with DAKEI on the theme of Deaf people’s “music,” and The Tanaka Family (2021), they are producing a new commission for the Yebisu International Festival 2025.
Three Times (2025), Dream of My Mother (2023), The Tanaka Family (2021), LISTEN (2016)
Two powerful, de-centering works from Eri Makihara that challenge the dominance of conventional cinematic forms and representations of disability.
A song of the seasons in sign language, Makihara’s poetic documentary follows a group of deaf people who create visual musical space through motion and expression. A girl sings wind through the trees, a woman screams her soul to the sky, and a couple’s love ebbs with the rolling waves.