Ryoji Ikeda

Birthyear
1966
Website
http://www.ryojiikeda.com
About

Japan's leading electronic composer Ryoji Ikeda focuses on the minutiae of ultrasonics, frequencies and the essential characteristics of sound itself. His work exploits sound's physical property, its causality with human perception and mathematical dianoia as music, time and space. Using computer and digital technology to the utmost limit, Ikeda has been developing particular "microscopic" methods for sound engineering and composition. Since 1995 he has been intensely active in sound art through concerts, installations and recordings: the albums +/- (1996), 0 degrees (1998) and Matrix (2000) have been hailed by critics as the most radical and innovative examples of contemporary electronic music. With Carsten Nicolai, he works the collaborative project 'cyclo.', which examines error structures and repetitive loops in software and computer programmed music, with audiovisual modules for real time sound visualization. The versatile range of his research is also demonstrated by the collaborations with choreographer William Forsythe/Frankfurt Ballett, contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto, architect Toyo Ito and artist collective Dumb Type, among others. Ryoji Ikeda received the Golden Nica prize at Prix Ars Electronica 2001 in the Digital Music category.

CV
2008 - 2008 data.tron Z33, Hasselt, BE
2008 - 2008 data.film [n°1-a] Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, JP
2008 MAR 16 - MAY 25 data.tron Z33, Hasselt, BE
2008 MAR 1 - MAY 25 data.tron Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, JP
2007 - 2007 data.tron [prototype] Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, TW
2007 DEC 25 - JAN 20 data.tron [prototype] Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, CN
2007 SEP 24 - OCT 22 data.tron [prototype] Inter arts Centre, Beijing, CN
2007 AUG 11 - OCT 7 data.tron [prototype] Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, TW
2007 JUN 30 - SEP 9 data.tron [prototype] De Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL
2007 UN 1 - JUL 15 data.tron [prototype] Panorama 8, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, FR
2006 - 2006 spectra II Sensorium exhibition, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, US
2006 OCT 12 - DEC 31 spectra II Sensorium exhibition, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, US
2005 - 2005 db ICC, Tokyo, JP
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Bibliography
  • Ikeda, Ryoji. date | place. Atelier de Création Radiophonique(ACR), France Culture: Èdition DIS VOIR, FR, 2010.
  • Yoshizaki, Kazuhiko and Kohsuke Murata Murata and Kazuya et. al. Kondo, ed. +/- [the infinite between 0 and 1]. : Kiyoshi Hayashi (Esquire Magazine Japan) and Access Publishing Co., 2009.
  • Barral, Xavier and Ryoji Ikeda and Caroline Naphegyi, ed. V =/ L Book. Paris, FR: Editions Xavier Barral, 2008.
  • Ikeda, Ryoji and Forma, ed. formula [book + dvd]. London: Forma UK and Cornerhouse Publication, 2005.
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