Ni ka
ni_ka (にか Nika) (born in Tokyo City, Japan) is a Japanese poet, artist. She graduated from Chuo University of law and won M/F prize.[1]
Work
ni_ka writes augmented reality (AR) poetry used by Sekai Camera and writes monitor poetry on her website.
Dommune Official Guide Book 2 selected her AR poetry as one of one hundred resources for the 2012 Japanese Cultural Energy. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami inspired her to create a new form of mourning and a trans-generic form of living in which the boundary between language and image is deconstructed. In October 2013 ni_ka attended "Shibu-karu-sai" (Shibuya Cultural Festival), celebrating the 40th anniversary of Shibuya Seibu Department Store's PARCO Museum. In October 2014 ni_ka collaborated with an idol unit "Kamen-Joshi" (Masque Girls) at the exhibition After 3.11 Tokyo Girl in Ginza.[2]
AR poetry is her original work. She exhibits many pictures of Hello Kitty and roses and morning words. They come from Paul Celan, "Die Niemandsrose", and express the mourning of 3.11, the date of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. In these works, an AR rose appears on the top of the Tokyo Tower. Touching float poetry words, allows the toucher to write a reply (Relational Art). ni_ka is a pioneer of AR literature.[3]
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She also created "monitor poetry". Monitor poetry is used in emoji and decomoji, influenced by Seiichi Niikuni, Katsue Kitasono, Gozo Yoshimasu and Stéphane Mallarmé.[4] In January 2015, her work named "WEB h a l l e l u j a h 「a」－blood／arch(WEB は れ る や 「あ」－血／アーチ)" translated by Andrew Campana, was uploaded on the web magazine CURA.[5]
References
- ↑ "ni_ka｜ni_ka｜Entry Artists｜3331 Art Fair ‒Various Collectors' Prizes‒".
- ↑ "Electronic Literature Collection - Volume 3".
- ↑ http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sugitasyunsuke/20110922/p1 In these talks, ni_ka's works define "poetry".
- ↑ "ni_ka on Twitter".
- ↑ CURA