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Experimental Tuesdays: Tomonari Nishikawa, In Memoriam

September 23, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Still frame of a blurred, overlaid, multicolor scene with what appears to be a busy city street.

Date & Time
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 (7–9 p.m.)

Location
UWM Union Cinema

Born in Nagoya, Japan, Tomonari Nishikawa immigrated to the United States in 1999 to pursue filmmaking and earned his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. He passed away in April 2025, leaving behind a profound legacy as an artist, teacher, and friend to many in the experimental film community. 

Please join us for a screening dedicated to Nishikawa’s work—a celebration of his singular vision and lasting influence. His films, often shot on 8mm and 16mm, explore the act of observation through material processes and formal experimentation. With a deep attentiveness to place, rhythm, and perception, his works illuminate the beauty and complexity of the everyday. 

Nishikawa’s films have been presented at major festivals and institutions around the world, including Berlinale, Rotterdam, Edinburgh, Toronto, and the New York Film Festival. In 2010, MoMA PS1 exhibited a selection of his films, and his installation Building 945 received the 2008 grant from the Museum of Contemporary Cinema in Spain. At the time of his passing, he was a beloved professor in the Cinema Department at Binghamton University.

Films screened on 16mm, 35mm, and dual 16mm.

Experimental Tuesdays is a free public series featuring celebrated work of contemporary and historical artist-made film and video. This weekly series presents films and artists that explore the creative and critical potential of moving images. It also amplifies marginalized voices by hosting artists that represent diverse populations, such as LGBT, Native American, Black and Latinx artists. Hosted by the Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres, and presented in partnership with UWM’s Union Cinema, this series is a bedrock of the Milwaukee arts landscape. Recent screenings include Silvia das Fadas, Courtney Stephens, Simon Liu, Helena Wittman, Jessica Bardsley, Suneil Sanzgiri, Mary Helena Clark, Angelo Madsen Minax, and Rhayne Vermette to name a few.

UWM Union Cinema

2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Milwaukee, WI 53211