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小森はるか+瀬尾夏美 KOMORI Haruka + SEO Natsumi

KOMORI Haruka + SEO Natsumi

Unit composed of videographer Komori (born in Shizuoka, Japan, 1989 ) and painter/artist Seo (born in Tokyo, 1988). They began their collaboration in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake. For three years beginning in 2012 they produced work where they lived in the town of Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan, at the time. In 2015 they established the organization, general incorporated association NOOK, with others also active in the Tohoku region to document activities while pursuing local cooperation and relocated to Sendai. They continue to present their work throughout Japan in a traveling exhibition with activities centering on their art production work and creation of spaces for dialogue in Rikuzentakata.