We are excited to present a screening programme, ‘I held a stone, I heard a murmur’ programmed by Emma Bouraba, as part of Asako Ujita’s solo exhibition ‘Good Night’ at LUX, on view from 18 June to 8 August 2026.
Composed as an ode to Asako Ujita’s latest film ‘Good Night’, this programme listens to the quiet memories held in records of the past, embedded in the land and lingering in living spaces. In these films, the sonic enables one to reconnect with those who have departed, but also acts as a compass to navigate the wonders kept by rivers, seas, and forests. ‘N’importe Quoi (Extérieur – Jour)’ directed by Luke Fowler and ‘Fade’ by Ujita capture the intimate and nostalgic act of recalling memories and reenacting traditions.
Fowler’s film ‘Being Blue’ speaks to ‘Good Night’’s exploration of the liminal condition of ghosts and observation of mysteries which won’t reveal themselves. In both films, field recordings are employed as a methodology of enquiry into gaps of personal history, and melt into a contemplative observation of space. Ujita also reflects on the tension between family memories read along broader historical lines.
To draw on this cyclical analysis of time, ‘天 TEN’ directed by Kaori Oda closes the programme. Fireworks overlay archival images to evoke the annual Obon festival held in late summer in Japan, when ancestors are honoured and believed to be temporary returning. Films in dialogue form a pool in which traces of memory can be contemplated.
This screening will be followed by a conversation with Asako Ujita and Flora Yin-Wong, moderated by Emma Bouraba, exploring the intersections of the sonic and memory.
Programme
‘N’importe Quoi (Extérieur – Jour)’, Luke Fowler, 2024, 11 min
‘Fade’, Asako Ujita, 2024, 14 min
‘Being Blue’, Luke Fowler, 2024, 18 min
‘Good Night’, Asako Ujita, 2026, 13 min
‘天 TEN’, Kaori Oda, 2017, 11min
Biographies
Emma Bouraba is a film programmer whose research interest lies at the intersection of critical documentaries and the experimental form.
Kaori Oda (b. 1987, Osaka) is a filmmaker and artist exploring audiovisual and cinematic expression that approaches collective memory by tracing the invisible histories inscribed in landscapes and human lives. She has participated in film.factory, founded by Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr. Feature debut ARAGANE (2015) received a Special Mention at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. Subsequent works Cenote (2020) and GAMA (2023) have been highly acclaimed internationally. Recipient of the inaugural Nagasaki Oshima Award (2020) and the Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts (Film Division, 2021). ‘Underground’ (2024), the latest feature that filmed underground spaces across Japan on 16mm, was selected for the Forum section of the Berlin International Film Festival.
Asako Ujita (b. 1997, Japan) is a filmmaker and artist working with 16mm film. Her work explores forgotten landscapes and ancestral whispers, where myth, memory, intergenerational trauma and tender love dissolve into fragile dreams. Unfolding through atmospheres shaped by mist, fire, water and light, Ujita creates films that drift between documentary observation and dreamlike reflection, evoking loss, inherited wounds, love, vulnerability and spectral presence. Her practice invites viewers into quiet acts of reflection, using landscape and atmosphere to explore inherited histories, familial memory and the emotional traces carried across generations. Her award winning film ‘Fade’, received the Grand Prix at 25FPS Festival, and gently observes her grandmother’s rural life, where seasons shift and memories gently fade and disappear with love. Her films have screened internationally, including at Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Beijing International Short Film Festival, Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival, Barbican Centre, and Tate Britain. She is completing an MA in Artists’ Film & Moving Image at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Luke Fowler (b. 1978, Glasgow) is an artist, filmmaker and musician based in Glasgow. His work explores the limits and conventions of biographical and documentary filmmaking, and has often been compared to the British Free Cinema of the 1950s. Working with archival footage, photography and sound, Fowler’s filmic montages create portraits of intriguing, counter cultural figures, including Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing and English composer Cornelius Cardew.
Flora Yin-Wong is a sound artist, writer and curator who uses rudimentary field recordings, granular synthesis, and early instruments. Through these elements, her work channels her interest in philosophical and psychological themes such as faith, obsession, and ritual. In 2023 she launched a label and publishing house, Doyenne, releasing anthologies including works from the likes of fellow Mahler & LeWitt alumni Heather McCalden, writers Mira Mattar, musicians Claire Rousay and Lisa Lerkenfeldt etc. She has been commissioned by and presented live at international galleries like Palais de Tokyo in Paris, MACRO Roma, Fondation Beyeler Basel, Triennale Milano, Somerset House, The V&A Museum and Cafe OTO London, ISSUE Project Room New York, Volksbuhne Theatre Berlin, and Spielhaus and SHEDHAlle Zurich. Her music has been released on labels like Modern Love, PAN, Shelter Press, and Danse Noire etc. Her debut book ‘Liturgy’ – an experimental novel walking the lines between fiction and non-fiction was released in 2020 by Primary Information NYC. She has since published writing with Ignota Books and Zweikommasieben’s V/A series, and was previously digital editor at Dazed Media.
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