Inertia, video, 1999, 16:00 min

The video approach is both simple and extreme, raising many questions on sex and violence, speed and technology, control and chaos, infatuation and fear. The sheer exhilaration of Inertia forces the viewer to quickly puzzle together signs and meanings; The work of art becomes a sort of intellectual video game where the heroine needs to be saved by semiotics.

Tadasu Takamine was born in 1968, Japan.
Masashi Iwasaki was born in 1966, Japan.