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Join us for the Australian premiere of GIFT, a new audiovisual collaboration between musician-composer Eiko Ishibashi and filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi, presented as part of 'Asia Pacific Triennial Cinema: Ryusuke Hamaguchi'.

GIFT features a live soundtrack performed by Ishibashi, accompanying a silent film directed by Hamaguchi. Ishibashi will perform live at the GOMA cinema in two performances on 24 & 26 Apr 2025.

Following their collaboration on Drive My Car 2021, GIFT originated when Ishibashi asked Hamaguchi to create visuals to accompany her live performance. Hamaguchi decided to create a film with dialogue as a starting point, then turn it into a silent film for Ishibashi’s live performance. Consequently, the project yielded two distinct works: the live score film performance GIFT and the feature film Evil Does Not Exist 2023.

GIFT offers a constantly-evolving cinematic experience, with Ishibashi’s
improvised live performance intervening in Hamaguchi’s visuals, seeking to
re-imagine the relationships between sound, image, and narrative.

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