Ryoji Ikeda at the Venice Biennale: When Data Stops Being Neutral
At the Venice Biennale, data entered the body Ryoji Ikeda’s data-verse 1 did not behave like an image at the
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Ryoji Ikeda is a Japanese electronic composer and contemporary visual artist born in Gifu in 1966. Working between Paris and Kyoto, he explores the fundamental properties of sound, light, data and mathematics through highly precise audiovisual installations and performances. His radical minimalist language transforms frequencies, numerical information and digital systems into physical experiences, positioning him among the most influential figures in contemporary digital art, sound art and immersive installation.
Ikeda’s major projects include datamatics, test pattern, spectra, superposition, supersymmetry, micro | macro and data-verse. Across monumental projections, electronic compositions and data-driven environments, Ryoji Ikeda investigates the boundary between the perceptible and the imperceptible, turning scientific information into an intense aesthetic experience. His work connects contemporary art, electronic music, mathematics, technology and scientific research while questioning how humans perceive an increasingly data-saturated reality.
At the Venice Biennale, data entered the body Ryoji Ikeda’s data-verse 1 did not behave like an image at the
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Information, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1970. Exhibition catalogue for the landmark show curated by Kynaston McShine. “`html How Artists Turn Streams of Data into Sound, Image, and Social Commentary Information art does not simply make data
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