Ryoji Ikeda
池田 亮司
Born (1966-07-08) July 8, 1966 (age 57)
Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Occupation(s)
  • artist
  • musician
Years active1995–present
Websiteryojiikeda.com
Ikeda's sound and light installation Spectra illuminates the night sky every winter solstice at the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Ryoji Ikeda (池田 亮司 Ikeda Ryōji, born 1966)[1] is a Japanese visual and sound artist who currently lives and works in Paris, France. Ikeda's music is concerned primarily with sound in a variety of "raw" states, such as sine tones and noise, often using frequencies at the edges of the range of human hearing. Rhythmically, Ikeda's music is highly imaginative, exploiting beat patterns and, at times, using a variety of discrete tones and noise to create the semblance of a drum machine. His work also encroaches on the world of ambient music and lowercase; many tracks on his albums are concerned with slowly evolving soundscapes, with little or no sense of pulse.

Early life and education

Ryoji Ikeda was born in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan in 1966.[1]

Career

In addition to working as a solo artist, he has also collaborated with, among others, Carsten Nicolai (under the name "Cyclo.") and the art collective Dumb Type. His work matrix won the Golden Nica Award in 2001.[2]

In 2004, the dormant Saarinen-designed TWA Flight Center (now JetBlue Terminal 5) at JFK Airport briefly hosted an art exhibition called Terminal 5[3] curated by Rachel K. Ward[4] and featuring the work of 18 artists[5] including Ikeda. The show featured work, lectures and temporary installations drawing inspiration from the idea of travel — and the terminal's architecture.[5] The show was to run from October 1, 2004 to January 31, 2005[5] — though it closed abruptly after the building itself was vandalized during the opening party.[4][6]

In May – June 2011 a presentation of three of the artist's immersive audio/visual projects, The Transfinite, was exhibited at the Park Avenue Armory.[7]

In 2014, Ikeda was awarded the Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN 2014. As a result, he began his residency at CERN in July 2014 until 2015, during which he developed supersymmetry and micro | macro.[8]

Ikeda was one of the artists, designers and architects presented in the group show Entangle / Physics and the Artistic Imagination (2018-11-16 - 2019-04-07) at Bildmuseet, Umeå University, Sweden.[9]

Discography

Recordings

As Part of Dumb Type

Compilations

Publications

Solo exhibitions

2002

2007

2008

2009

data.tron vy Ikeda on show in transmediale 10, Berlin, Germany

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2021

2023

Other references

References

  1. ^ a b "Ryoji Ikeda". ryojiikeda.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. ^ [1] Archived December 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "TWA Terminal Named as One of the Nation's Most Endangered Places". Municipal Art Society New York, February 9th, 2004. Archived from the original on 2009-08-12.
  4. ^ a b "A Review of a Show You Cannot See". Designobserver.com, Tom Vanderbilt, January 14, 2005. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012.
  5. ^ a b c "Now Boarding: Destination, JFK". The Architects Newspaper, September 21, 2004. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
  6. ^ "Art Exhibition at JFK Airport's TWA Terminal Abruptly Shut Down". Architectural Record, John E. Czarnecki,, October 11, 2004. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012.
  7. ^ Lindholm, Eric (June 2011). "Ryoji Ikeda Goes Big, Really Big". The Brooklyn Rail.
  8. ^ "Japanese artist, Ryoji Ikeda, wins the third Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN | Arts@CERN". arts.cern. Archived from the original on 2016-03-30.
  9. ^ "Entangle / Physics and the Artistic Imagination – Bildmuseet, Umeå". Archived from the original on 2018-12-16.
  10. ^ "Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  11. ^ "tracks 1993–2011 [download]". codex | edition. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  12. ^ "ICC ONLINE | ARCHIVE | 2002 | dumb type "Voyages" | The dumb type Voyages exhibition extended". www.ntticc.or.jp. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  13. ^ "Ryoji Ikeda ＋/－[the infinite between 0 and 1]". 東京都現代美術館｜MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  14. ^ "Ikon Ryoji Ikeda". www.ikon-gallery.org. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  15. ^ "Ryoji Ikeda: the transcendental | Sept 11 to Oct 16 | FIAF Gallery | Crossing the Line 2010 | French Institute Alliance Française NYC". www.fiaf.org. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  16. ^ "RYOJI IKEDA the transfinite : Program & Events : Park Avenue Armory". Park Avenue Armory. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  17. ^ "Ryoji Ikeda - Exhibition - DHC/ART | EN". DHC/ART | EN. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  18. ^ "MU | Data.scan [nº1-9]". www.mu.nl. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  19. ^ "Ryoji Ikeda - test pattern [n°4] -". www.frac-franche-comte.fr. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  20. ^ "RYOJI IKEDA - TEST PATTERN [NO 5] INSTALLATION - Carriageworks". Carriageworks. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  21. ^ "Ryoji Ikeda - Wood Street Galleries". Wood Street Galleries. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  22. ^ "data.path, exposición de Ryoji Ikeda". Espacio Fundación Telefónica (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  23. ^ "Ryoji Ikeda "supersymmetry"". Ryoji Ikeda “supersymmetry”. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  24. ^ "Ryoji Ikeda: C4I – MAC Montréal". MAC Montréal. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  25. ^ "Times Square Arts: test pattern [times square]". arts.timessquarenyc.org. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  26. ^ "Ryoji Ikeda - Salon 94". Salon94. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  27. ^ "Red Bull Music Academy". www.redbullmusicacademy.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  28. ^ HeK. "HeK - Ryoji Ikeda". www.hek.ch. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  29. ^ "data.tron/data.scan | SCAD Museum of Art". www.scadmoa.org. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  30. ^ "Ryoji Ikeda and The Vinyl Factory present supersymmetry at Brewer Street Car Park". The Vinyl Factory. 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  31. ^ "micro | macro - Wiener Festwochen". www.festwochen.at. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  32. ^ "RYOJI IKEDA — EACC — Espai d'art contemporani de Castelló". www.eacc.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  33. ^ "Ryoji Ikeda. Supersymmetry — Kumu Art Museum". kumu.ekm.ee. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  34. ^ "Ryoji Ikeda | continuum | Centre Pompidou". Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  35. ^ "GLOBALE: Ryoji Ikeda | 21.06.2015 (All day) to 09.08.2015 (All day) | ZKM". Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  36. ^ "Ryoji Ikeda". EYE. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  37. ^ "180 The Strand Exhibitions". Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  38. ^ "Amos Rex/Exhibitions/Ryoji Ikeda". Retrieved 2023-09-29.
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