Japan is known as the realm of spirits, and Tokyo is its occult epicentre. There are many reports of paranormal presence in its glass towers and underground parking garages. In 門 [Gate] the artists Milan Loviška and Otto Krause challenge currently dominant masculine aesthetics and intellectual sensibilities with their queer perspective. They consciously engage with usually rejected and mistrusted material and encounters on the repressed peripheries of culture and science. The film serves as a conduit for a synthesis of the uncanny, the enigmatic, and the evocative. It is a testament to the past, present, and potential future of the (para)scientific and artistic exploration of the liminality of apparitional experiences in Japan, viewing these supernatural phenomena as gateways to communication across temporal and spatial confines.

Concept & Direction: Milan Loviška, Otto Krause
Performance: Milan Loviška
Camera: Otto Krause
3D Modeling & Animation: Otto Krause
Video Editing: Milan Loviška
Sound Recording: Otto Krause
Techno Track: Jakub Królikowski
Sound Editing: Milan Loviška

Support: Federal Ministry Republic of Austria Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport, Austrian Cultural Forum Tokyo
Special Thanks: Sophie Lux, Anne & Sebastian Gross
Production: Territorium KV, Vienna
Country: Austria / Japan
Year: 2024

Runtime: 17:04
Resolution: 3840 × 2160 (4K)
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Sound Format: AAC, 48000 Hz
Frame Rate: 30 fps

No language barrier

Developed during the BMKÖS International Studio Fellowship (Auslandsatelierstipendium) in Tokyo, January - March 2024; Post-production in July - August, Vienna

Premiere (work-in-progress): 23.03.2024 & Solo exhibition: 23.-26.03.2024 @ Studio Gross, Tokyo

Video Stills: Territorium KV 2024