June Woods • July Swamp

A pair of men are picking and repeatedly enter houses here and there to steal. One day, while ransacking the house they have been picking, they find the girl who lives in the house collapsed in the bathroom. She is a college student who has been hurt by a love like a game that is about to end. When she gets up and sees the two thieves, she says, "You came to save me, didn't you? Will you stay with me forever?" For some reason, she interprets this favorably and trusts them. From that point on, a strange interaction between the three begins.

Experimental film by Hiroyuki Sekine.

Experimental film by Hiroyuki Sekine.

A film about Maya Kanko Hotel [摩耶観光ホテル] in Kobe, known as one of the three most ruins in Japan. In this film, Sekine depict the building, which was built with a boat motif, as an “abandoned ship sinking into a mountain”.

Experimental film by Hiroyuki Sekine.

Epilogue to Akira Hoshino's "Closed School Trilogy".

A diary film shot during the artist's honeymoon in Italy. While touring famous sightseeing spots, Sekine directed his gaze at sights, bugs, and buildings that are unfamiliar in Japan, but also creative not to show any people on the screen.

One of the hidden works of Hiroyuki Sekine. A quiet requiem for his alma mater “Tama Art School” [多摩芸術学園], which was closed down. This film was shown only once at a private screening, and was never shown to the public again.

An experimental film about the abandoned mansion that once stood in Roppongi. The mansion was originally built as the private residence of the businessman named “Ryoji Oda” [小田良治], but after his death, it was used as the Philippine Embassy. In this film, Sekine focuses his camera on the rotting furniture and a mummified cat, and uses 16mm found footage (the content of which is a documentary of traditional Philippine culture) discovered in the basement.

Experimental film by Hiroyuki Sekine.

Experimental film by Hiroyuki Sekine.

A cinepoetry about the demolition of University of Tokyo’s student residence (known as “Komaba-ryo” [駒場寮]) after it was closed down. In this film, Sekine metaphorically depicts the record of the demolition as “passage of time” through some images (many of which evoke “stream”) and the phantom. As a side note, the phantom is played by experimental filmmaker Erice Matsui [松井エリセ]. She ran an art gallery in the place and held independent screenings called “Theatre Moon” [テアトル・ムーン].

Experimental film by Hiroyuki Sekine.

Experimental film by Hiroyuki Sekine.