Japan’s leading electronic composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda focuses on the essential characteristics of sound itself and that of visuals as light by means of both mathematical precision and mathematical aesthetics. Ikeda has gained a reputation as one of the few international artists working convincingly across both visual and sonic media. He elaborately orchestrates sound, visuals, materials, physical phenomena and mathematical notions into immersive live performances and installations. Alongside of pure musical activity, Ikeda has been working on long-term projects through live performances, installations, books and CD’s such as 'datamatics' (2006-), 'test pattern' (2008-), 'spectra' (2001-), ‘cyclo.’ a collaborative project with Carsten Nicolai, ‘superposition’ (2012-), 'supersymmetry' (2014-) and ‘micro | macro’ (2015-).
Ryoji Ikeda
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Ryoji Ikeda, the irrational (ø) [nº1-c], 2017
Pigment print on paper, aluminium support
100 x 100 x 10 cm
39 3/8 x 39 3/8 x 3 7/8 inches
Ed 1/5 -
Ryoji Ikeda, π, e, ø , 2010
Framed 16mm film
92,5 x 5,8 x 2,7 cm (framed)
36 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/8 inches (framed)
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Ryoji Ikeda, 4’33” [gray], 2014
Framed 16mm magnetic film for movie soundtrack
88 x 92,5 x 2,7 cm (framed)
34 5/8 x 36 3/8 x 1 1/8 inches (framed)
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Ryoji Ikeda, π, e, ø [installation version], 2012
binary codes of π , e, ø, 16mm films, aluminum box
6,8 x 1000 cm
2 5/8 x 393 3/4 inches
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Ryoji Ikeda, data.tron [WUXGA version], 2011
DLP projector, computer, speakers
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Ryoji Ikeda, data.matrix [nº1-10], 2009
Audiovisual installation
10 DLP projectors, computers, speakers
Ed 2/3 + 1 AP -
Ryoji Ikeda, the irrational (√2) [nº2-a], 2017
Pigment print on paper, aluminium support
100 x 100 x 10 cm
39 3/8 x 39 3/8 x 3 7/8 inches
Ed 1/5 -
Ryoji Ikeda, the transcendental (π) [nº1-2d], 2017
Pigment print on paper, aluminium support
100 x 100 x 10 cm
39 3/8 x 39 3/8 x 3 7/8 inches
Ed 1/5 -
Ryoji Ikeda, the irrational (ø) [nº1-c], 2017
Pigment print on paper, aluminium support
100 x 100 x 10 cm
39 3/8 x 39 3/8 x 3 7/8 inches
Ed 1/5 -
Ryoji Ikeda, 4’33” [gray], 2014
Framed 16mm magnetic film for movie soundtrack
88 x 92.5 x 2,7 cm (framed)
34 5/8 x 36 3/8 x 1 1/8 inches (framed)
Ed 1/3 -
Ryoji Ikeda, the transcendental (e) [nº2-d], 2017
Pigment print on paper, aluminium support
100 x 100 x 10 cm
39 3/8 x 39 3/8 x 3 7/8 inches
Ed 1/5 -
Ryoji Ikeda, π, e, ø [installation version], 2012
binary codes of π , e, ø, 16mm films, aluminum box
6,8 x 1000 cm (variable)
2 5/8 x 393 3/4 inches (variable) -
Ryoji Ikeda, grid system [nº1-a], 2012
Laser etching on acrylic panel, LEDs, stainless steel
1,6 x 33 x 33 cm
0 5/8 x 13 x 13 inches -
Ryoji Ikeda, systematics [nº2-1], 2012
Punched card for vintage computers, acrylic
panels, LEDs, stainless steel, aluminum
11,5 x 22 x 1,6 cm
4 1/2 x 8 5/8 x 0 5/8 inches -
Ryoji Ikeda, systematics [nº2-2], 2012
Punched card for vintage computers, acrylic
panels, LEDs, stainless steel, aluminum
11,5 x 22 x 1,6 cm
4 1/2 x 8 5/8 x 0 5/8 inches -
Ryoji Ikeda, systematics [nº4-1], 2011
Piano roll for player piano, acrylic panels, LEDs, stainless steel, aluminum
33 x 33 x 1,6 cm
13 x 13 x 0 5/8 inches -
Ryoji Ikeda, systematics [nº1-2], 2011
Punched tape for vintage computers, acrylic
panels, LEDs, stainless steel, aluminum
6 x 103 x 1,6 cm
2 3/8 x 40 1/2 x 0 5/8 inches -
Ryoji Ikeda, systematics [nº4-2], 2011
Piano roll for player piano, acrylic panels, LEDs, stainless steel, aluminum
33 x 33 x 1,6 cm
13 x 13 x 0 5/8 inches -
Ryoji Ikeda, π, e, ø, 2010
Framed 16mm film
92,5 x 5,8 x 2,7 cm (framed)
36 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/8 inches (framed)
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Ryoji Ikeda, systematics [nº3-4], 2011
Computer aperture card (punched card with microfilm) for vintage computers, acrylic panels, LEDs, stainless steel
11,5 x 22 x 1,6 cm
4 1/2 x 8 5/8 x 0 5/8 inches -
Ryoji Ikeda, data.scan [nº5], 2011
LED 27" display, computer, speaker, wooden panels
70 x 40 x 65 cm
27 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 25 5/8 inches
Ed 1/3 -
Ryoji Ikeda, 0’10”, 2010
Framed 16mm film
18 x 16 x 2,7 cm (framed)
7 1/8 x 6 1/4 x 1 1/8 inches (framed)
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Ryoji Ikeda, test pattern [film 19], 2017
Framed Super 16mm film
92,5 x 4,4 x 2,7 cm
36 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/8 inches -
Ryoji Ikeda, test pattern [film 14], 2014
Framed Super 16mm film (green), binary pattern
92,5 x 4,4 x 2,7 cm (framed)
36 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/8 inches (framed) -
Ryoji Ikeda, test pattern [film 7], 2014
Framed Super 16mm film (red)
92,5 x 4,4 x 2,7 cm (framed)
36 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/8 inches (framed) -
Ryoji Ikeda, test pattern [100m version], 2013
audiovisual installation, 2013
© Wonge Bergmann für die Ruhrtriennale 2013
© Ryoji Ikeda
date / place:
AUG 23-25, 2013 / Ruhrtriennale, Kraftzentrale, Duisburg, DE
SEP 4-15, 2013 / Ruhrtriennale, Kraftzentrale, Duisburg, DE
concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama -
Ryoji Ikeda, systematics [nº1], 2012
punched tape for vintage computers, acrylic panels, LEDs, stainless steel
1030 x 16 x 59mm
Exhibitions
Museum Exhibitions
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'Ryoji Ikeda'
— • Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, Aomori, Japan -
Ryoji Ikeda
— • 180 The Strand, London, UK -
Data-Verse
— • Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany -
Taipei Museum of Fine Art
— • Taipei Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan -
data.flux [12 XGA version]
— • Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, GR -
data.tron [WUXGA version]
— • Tank Shanghai, city project of the 12th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, CN -
data.tron [WUXGA version] , DREAM
— • Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, IT -
Ryoji Ikeda
— • Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, NL -
Ryoji Ikeda: code-verse
— • Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, RU -
continuum
— • Centre Pompidou, Paris
Videos
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Ryoji Ikeda - Almine Rech Gallery Paris
Selected press
- Harry Winston, 'Voyage au coeur du data-verse avec Digital Projection', SonoVision, 2022 — 1.9 MB
- Julien Chassagne, ‘Venise: nos installations favorites à la 58e Biennale d'art’, The Good Life, May 2019 — 1.5 MB
- Clémentine Mercier, 'Ryoji Ikeda, l'information en "Continuum"', Libération, 20th July 2018 — 1.3 MB
- ‘Les mondes codés de Ryoji Ikeda au Centre Pompidou à Paris’, Connaissance des Arts, 25th June 2018 — 143.4 kB
- Roxana Azimi, ‘Ryoji Ikeda à Beaubourg : variations autour d’une même note’, Le Monde, 14th June 2018 — 290.1 kB
- 'Artistes et hackeurs, ils détournent les nouvelles technologies', Numéro, 14th June 2018 — 245.2 kB
- 'Ryoji Ikeda', M le Magazine du Monde, 9th June 2018 — 496.7 kB
- 'Qui est Ryoji Ikeda, le pape techno de l'art contemporain', Les Inrockuptibles, 1st June 2018 — 1.2 MB
- Eddy Frankel, 'Ryoji Ikeda: π, e, ø', Time Out London, 18th April 2017 — 190.5 kB