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Komorebi
Komorebi Hoi An 2025 – Team Biographies
Masami Mikami
Original Concept and Artistic Director
Masami is the project lead for Komorebi and its concept originator. She is a recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts Explore and Create grants and Quebec’s Art Council Vivacité grant. She was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She attended the Institute of Design in Tokyo while working in high-tech. Her creativity and inspiration have always been drawn from old Japanese values, while also driven by a desire to integrate new forms of expression and technology into universal storytelling.
In Montreal, she began her quest to create a new form of narrative art that could deeply connect people around the world. Her studies in Social Science at University of Ottawa and Global Affairs at New York University opened up her eyes and triggered a passion for storytelling about human stories through arts. Komorebi in Hoi An is her first art performance combining old Japanese values with experimental sound design, digital visual art and contemporary dance. The fact that it’s taking place in a lush garden is very fitting with the central theme of Komorebi and its underlying values of reconnection with nature.
Linh Trinh
Choreographer and Dancer
Linh Trinh is a visual artist and dancer. Her works explore the interconnection between community, nature and wellbeing through interactive land art and performance. Linh co-found Collective Sonson, a design collective focused on sustainability and modern handicrafts. As a contact improvisation dancer and facilitator, Linh has hosted several movement retreats in Vietnam since 2020.
Mimi Allard
Sound and Visual Design
Mimi is a sound artist working at the intersection of experimental electronic music and audio art. Fascinated by sculpting and shaping sound material, she composes using voice, various synthesis techniques, sound objects, and neural networks. Her practice explores a continuous space between memory and imagination, combining binary and non-binary systems to investigate presence, interaction, and sensory storytelling. Emphasizing the malleability of sound and timbral variation as gateways to sensory experience, Mimi enhances her interactions between performer and electronic system with minimalist lighting and visuals. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Composition and Sound Creation at the Université de Montréal. Her work has been presented at festivals, exhibitions, and in film.
Tomo Usuda
Facilitator
Based at U Cafe Hoi An in Vietnam, Tomo facilitates international cultural and educational projects. He has supported arts and media initiatives across Asia and Europe, including Japan Philharmonic Orchestra tours in Vietnam and productions for TV Tokyo and CBBC/Tiger Aspect. A Rotary Foundation Global Scholar in Peace and Conflict Prevention, Tomo has a background in education, art history research, photojournalism, and international relations.
AC Potvin
Marketing and Operations
AC is a digital consultant and researcher at the intersection of art and technology. He holds a Master’s degree in Communication Sciences focused on artistic representations of virtual reality (VR). His research, initially shaped by the Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) framework and posthumanist perspectives, is now guided by digital sociology. It examines how artists engage with emerging technologies and innovation networks to create new forms of expression.
