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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I'm not so sure this will help, as he doesn't directly address the subject, but here's an interview I did with Mirai Mizue for the BFI website about 3-4 years back which serves as a good primer for his work.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/interviews/free-anime-mizue-mirai-wizard-blobs-blocks<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">all the best,</p>
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<b>Sent:</b> 11 April 2018 18:53:35<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [KineJapan] question abstract animation and meaning/narrative</font>
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<p>Dear all,<br>
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I am writing with a bibliographic question, hope some of you may be able to help/recommend.<br>
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Can anyone recommend any essential - interesting (past and present) writing on meaning and narrative in Abstract Animation/abstract moving image; especially in and from within the East Asian context, but also beyond.<br>
Translated into English,due to lack of Asian language on my side.<br>
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Most grateful for any reference or at least hint. Perhaps some of your own writing ...<br>
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thank you and looking forward to hearing from you guys,<br>
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Verina<br>
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<span style="font-size:9px">Dr Verina Gfader<br>
artist and researcher<br>
<a href="http://art.gold.ac.uk/animate/">Animate Assembly</a><br>
<a href="http://www.antipyrine.dk/product/verina-gfader-cloud-chamber">Cloud Chamber</a></span><br>
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