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Hiroyuki Oki 大木裕之
Color Eyes 色目
1992
The Japanese artist Hiroyuki Oki created the seven-minute 16mm film Color Eyes in 1992, when he was in his late twenties. The silent, dream-like work moves between several subjects: an adolescent boy, filmed alone; intimate scenes of a male couple; three male dancers on a rooftop; a naked man masturbating; and views of a city from above. Together, the footage delivers poignant impressions of gay culture and individual experience in Japan at the time.
The young man, who appears occasionally throughout the work, wears formal and casual clothing and is shown in a variety of settings, including standing against a thick tree. The camera frequently draws close to his face, which looks back impassively. In one fragment, he eats an ice cream. The couple kiss and lie close to one another. The dancers are dressed in tight clothing; the neon hues of their shirts stand out against the sky. They begin voguing--posing and contorting their limbs with precision. Though the cuts between the sequences are quick, they flow into one another, blurring images that are variously suggestive and explicit, public and private.
The young man, who appears occasionally throughout the work, wears formal and casual clothing and is shown in a variety of settings, including standing against a thick tree. The camera frequently draws close to his face, which looks back impassively. In one fragment, he eats an ice cream. The couple kiss and lie close to one another. The dancers are dressed in tight clothing; the neon hues of their shirts stand out against the sky. They begin voguing--posing and contorting their limbs with precision. Though the cuts between the sequences are quick, they flow into one another, blurring images that are variously suggestive and explicit, public and private.
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