On 11/Aug/16 02:22, helen varley jamieson wrote:
yesterday i learned of the death of mika "lumi" tuomola, a finnish new media artist. maybe some of you on this list have known him.
Ah, sorry to hear this -- Mika and I first met when I was guest teaching at the Media (CAP) Lab in Helsinki in 1994, then again later renewed our acquaintance in 2000-1 as colleagues at the Lab on the occasion of an informal breakfast with some of his and my students and Howard Rheingold who was in Helsinki giving his forward-looking presentations (to a packed house in the Laasipalatsi Rex Theater)... Mika held several alternative workshops in the context of his "Crucible" program at the Lab, one memorable one was with butoh artist, Aki Suzuki, who taught a group of us the basics of butoh performance. Flamboyant, sharp, quick-witted, personable, and ever active in his physical presence, Mika was a great counter-point within the Helsinki techie scene.
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