Norio Imai was part of the avant-garde artist group Gutai, and exhibited three-dimensional projects and installation works in galleries nationally and internationally. At the end of the 1960s he began to create works using film and video. in the 1970s and '80s, he presented video art that incorporated photographs and performance. His works include Hachibun no rokubyoshi (1976), Digest of Video Performance 1978-1983 (1978-1983), and others.
		
		
		
			
				
				
					
						
						
							
1978-1983, 15:35 min, color, sound
						
					 
					
				
					
						
						
							
2010, 162 min, color and b&w, sound, DVD
						
					 
												
								
									
 Computer Movie No. 2
								
								
									
1969, 8 min, b&w, sound
								
							 
													
								
									
 Image Modulator
								
								
									
1969, 45 sec, color, sound
								
							 
													
								
									
 Ooi and Environs
								
								
									
1977, 1:30 min, color, sound
								
							 
													
								
									
 Metastasis
								
								
									
1971, 8 min, color, sound
								
							 
													
								
									
 Oh! My Mother
								
								
									
1969, 14 min, color, sound
								
							 
													
								
									
 Camera, Monitor, Frame
								
								
									
1976, 17:15 min, b&w, sound
								
							 
													
								
									
 Hand No. 2
								
								
									
1976, 7:50 min, b&w, silent
								
							 
													
								
									
 Magnetic Scramble
								
								
									
1968, 30 sec, b&w, silent
								
							 
													
								
									
 Under A Bridge
								
								
									
1974, 13 min, b&w, sound
								
							 
													
								
									
 What a Woman Made
								
								
									
1973, 10:50 min, b&w, sound
								
							 
													
								
									
 Kick The World
								
								
									
1974, 15 min, b&w, sound
								
							 
													
								
									
 Eat
								
								
									
1972, 1:30 min, b&w, sound
								
							 
													
								
									
 Digest of Video Performance, 1978-1983
								
								
									
1978-1983, 15:35 min, color, sound
								
							 
													
								
									
 Lapse Communication
								
								
									
1972-1980, 16 min, color, sound
								
							 
													
								
									
 Image of Image-Seeing
								
								
									
1973, 11:20 min, b&w, sound
								
							 
													
								
									
 The Recognition Construction: Hyojyutsu (Against Application or Mimesis)
								
								
									
1975, 20 min, color, sound