<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 19px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN'; "><br></div><div><div><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN'; font-size: 12px; ">♥</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Jan 13, 2015, at 11:33 AM, stephen kovats <<a href="mailto:kovats@r0g-media.org">kovats@r0g-media.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Yukiko, friends, <div><br></div><div>I'm very saddened to hear about Seiko's passing!! She'll be fondly remembered as a pivotal artist / maker / experimenter, who also left a great mark on people, both young artists and the general public in Europe through her residencies and exhibitions. She left many kids in awe at the digital worlds she conjured, and showed a whole new side of Japanese passion and creativity! Very sad.</div><div><br></div><div>Greetings from Berlin, </div><div><br></div><div>Stephen</div><div><br><div><div>On 13.01.2015, at 01:26, yukiko shikata wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:14px"><div>To: friends of Seiko Mikami<br></div><div><br></div><div>Seiko Mikami, an Internationally-acknowledged artist and professor of Information Design Department at Tama Art University, Tokyo suddenly passed away of cancer with the age 53 on January 2nd. </div><div><div><br>We express our very deep sorrow and grief over her.<br></div><div><br></div></div><div><div><a href="http://www.idd.tamabi.ac.jp/art/obituaries/20150113/" target="_blank">http://www.idd.tamabi.ac.jp/art/obituaries/20150113/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div> * * *<br></div><div>Seiko started her career in 1984 with huge installations to express</div><div> "Information Society and Body". In 90s she lived and studied in NY, and since 1995, has actively produced cutting-edge interactive works at Canon ARTLAB, NTT InterCommunication Center[ICC), and since 00s at YCAM, her works have been shown in many countries worldwide.</div><div><br></div></div><div><div><a href="http://www.idd.tamabi.ac.jp/~mikami/artworks/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.idd.tamabi.ac.jp/~mikami/artworks/index.html</a></div><div><br></div><div> * * *<br></div><div>Seiko was a charismatic and energetic, at the same time very frank and communicative, and had always various people around her.</div><div><br></div><div>We believe Seiko will alive vividly in our memories and keep inspiring us.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Kazunao Abe, Sota Ichikawa, Yukiko Shikata</div><div>January 13rd, 2015<br></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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