Report on the Opening of Haruko Mikami's Interactive Installation, "Towards the Great Mausoleum of Perception": Confronting the Mechanisms of One's Own Perception and Interaction Through Interactive Works
Haruko Mikami's interactive installation exhibition at ICC explores the mechanisms of perception and interaction through her major works.Summary
Artist Haruko Mikami, who began presenting large-scale installations on the themes of information society and the body in 1984, gained attention for her interactive installations focusing on perception since the 1990s. Following her sudden passing in 2015, there is a growing re-evaluation of her work, leading to the first-ever simultaneous exhibition of three of her large-scale installations at the NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC]. One featured work is "gravicells—Gravity and Resistance" (2004/2010/2025), co-created with architect Sota Ichikawa. This experiential installation transforms visitors' movements across a panel-covered floor—detected by sensors—into real-time changes in images, sound, and light, causing the entire space to transform. Curator Yasuko Sashiyasu explained that the work addresses how humans are unconsciously bound by gravity, even in their emotions, and seeks to make visitors re-recognize this fundamental condition through interaction. The work, which has evolved since its prototype, exemplifies the characteristic adaptability of media art to technological progress and exhibition environments.
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