Seiko Mikami (Kanji:三上 晴子; 1961 – January 2, 2015) was a Japanese artist known for her large-scale interactive art installations.
[1] After moving to the United States in 1991, she studied computer science at the New York Institute of Technology, which lead her art to focus on the interaction between electronics and the human perception.
[4] Unveiled in 2004, a collaboration between Mikami and the architect Sota Ichikawa resulted in Gravicells, an interactive installation originally housed at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM).
When the space is encountered by multiple participants, the visual interactions of the projection between them helps the users achieve a sense of each other.
[9] Housed in a space normally devoted to theatrical performances, this interactive piece consists of three parts: In addition to these main three parts, the soundscape of the area in which the work resides is also altered: the noise generated by visitors as well as the artwork's own mechanical sounds are mixed and played back, which further emphasizes the indistinction between one's own encoded existence and physical reality.