WADA Natsumi

Profile

Born in 1993. Wada was raised by deaf parents who used sign language as their first language, and has been investigating the possibilities of visual body language. She works with a range of media and tools including sticks, clay, and digital image processing, exploring individual perceptions of the world and modes of translation through interpersonal collaboration and interpretation.

Recent activities:
"traNslatioNs - Understanding Misunderstanding," 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo, 2020-2021
Communication game "LINKAGE," magnet, 2019
Card game "Qua|ia," LOUD AIR + mmm, 2019
"emergencies! 033 tacit creole," NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC], Tokyo, 2017-2018

Recent awards:
JAPAN MEDIA ART Festival Entertainment Division, Jury Selection, 2019
Nominated "Starts STARTS PRIZE," Ars Electronica, 2017
Certified "Super Creator" in the Exploratory IT Human Resources Project (MITOH Program), 2016

About works / performance