The dialogue in question takes place between a woman, who appears to be submerged in water, and a man who sits by a tree on sandy soil. The messages the couple sends back and forth to one another take the form of metaphor: a seed, a fish, a thorn, and so on.

Dialogue Between Two

The walls of video rental shops in Japan are lined with hundreds upon hundreds of animation DVDs, but experimental and art animation on DVD are rare. To remedy this situation, Image Forum put together this showcase of the work of contemporary avant-garde animators trained in Kyoto and Tokyo.

Thinking and Drawing: Japanese Art Animation of the New Millennium

Mika Seike’s contribution to the animated short film anthology Tokyo Loop.

Fishing Vine

A series of 16 "short stories" created by the creator's group Images Forum.

Tokyo Loop

An abstract short film by Mika Seike depicting the tense conversation between a man and a woman.

Face to Face

An Escher-like metaphor for introspection: a woman and her reflection in a forest pool, plus moths.