Piyaz-e Farsi (Persian Onion)
Piyaz-e Farsi (Persian Onion) is a short documentary film by John Wells and Hadi Roudi. Inside of an Iranian grocery store in a small German city, local residents share their views about the local Iranian community.
Year of filming and completion: 2017
Total time: 6 min 41 sec
Color, HD
Superflex: The Liquid State
This is a collection of short films produced by John Wells with Superflex and 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, in conjunction with the 2-part exhibition “SUPERFLEX One Year Project: The Liquid State,” April 29, 2016 to March 12, 2017.
The collection consists of a documentary about (1) the making of the artwork and the installation of part 1 of “The Liquid State,” (2) several short film that played on the monitors of the museum during the exhibition of part 1, and (3) four short film documents of the artworks that were displayed in the museum during part 2 of the exhibition: (a) “The Cultivation Act” (b) “The Fermentation Act” (c) “The Kombucha Papers” and (d) a video slide show of photos by Keizo Kioku.

Monitor on the floor of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. Video by John Wells and Superflex.
Watch “The Kombucha Papers” here:
Sarah Brayer: Luminosity
Documentary by John Wells about the luminescent washi paper works of artist Sarah Brayer in Kyoto, Japan.
日本語版:
Daniel Kelly: Buttercups
Documentary about the making of a painting by artist Daniel Kelly in Kyoto, Japan.
Daniel Kelly: The Secret
Documentary about the making of a painting by artist Daniel Kelly in Kyoto, Japan.
Ninjin Jyanai: Summer Dreaming
A short film about the making of a woodblock print by Ninjin Jyanai in a studio by the shore of Lake Biwa in Shiga, Japan in 2010.
Laurie Toby Edison: Women En Large and Familiar Men
Documentary about photographer Laurie Toby Edison by John Wells. Edison speaks with Rebecca Jennison about her work in conjunction with the exhibition “Meditations on the Body” at the Osaka National Museum of Art. Filmed in Kyoto and Osaka Japan in August, 2001.
Nihon Ichi: The Ramen Eating Challenge
Ta-ken and Ren take the Nihon Ichi ramen eating challenge in Kyoto, Japan.
The rules: eat 3 huge bowls of ramen within 40 minutes.
The reward: free ramen for the rest of your life.
The consequences: you may never be able to stand the sight of ramen for the rest of your life.
The walls of the shop are decorated with the names of people who succeeded.
Features artist Daniel Kelly.
Film by John Wells
Turning Over a Gold Leaf
Artist Takako Matsumoto creates contemporary works of art using the traditional technique of Japanese gold leaf art known as kiri-gane. Director of Photography, Editor: John Wells.