In an era in which we have seen communication and human interaction revolutionized by new technology, it may well seem that the "medium really is the message." But just how far can this alliteratively attractive slogan really be stretched?

Those issues and questions now form an important part of artistic discourse, especially for that subsection of the artistic profession known as "media artists." One such artist is Seiko Mikami, whose enigmatically titled installation, "Desire of Codes," is now on display at the Inter Communication Center in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo.

The ICC is a display space financed by the telecommunications giant NTT, with a remit to focus on art with a technological and communications aspect. "Desire of Codes" is certainly that.