Ryoji Ikeda - datamatics
Using pure data as a source for sound and visuals, datamatics combines abstract and mimetic presentations of matter, time and space in a powerful and breathtakingly accomplished work.
datamatics is the second audiovisual concert in Ryoji Ikeda’s datamatics series‚ an art project that explores the potential to perceive the invisible multi–substance of data that permeates our world.
Projecting dynamic, computer–generated imagery – in pared down black and white with striking colour accents, Ikeda’s intense yet minimal graphic renderings of data progress through multiple dimensions. From 2D sequences of patterns derived from hard drive errors and studies of software code, the imagery transforms into dramatic, rotating views of the universe in 3D, whilst the final scenes add a further dimension as four-dimensional mathematical processing opens up spectacular and seemingly infinite vistas.
A powerful and hypnotic soundtrack reflects the imagery through a meticulous layering of sonic components to produce immense and apparently boundless acoustic spaces.
datamatics‚ alongside the recently released and critically acclaimed dataplex album‚ marks a significant and exciting progression in Ikeda’s work.
Tour dates
29 Mar 07 | C4I + datamatics [ver.1.0] | TDK Time Warp, Mannheim, DE
13 Apr 07 | datamatics [ver.1.0] | LiFE, St Nazaire, FR
14 Apr 07 | datamatics [ver.1.0] | DEAF, Rotterdam, NL
26, 27 & 28 Apr 07 | C4I + datamatics [ver.1.0] | Teatro Out Off, Milan, IT
9 May 07 | datamatics [ver.1.0] | Elektra Festival, Montreal, CA
24 May 07 | datamatics [ver.1.0] | Videoex Festival, Zurich, CH
26 May 07 | datamatics [ver.1.0] | Territorios Festival, Seville, ES
15 Sep 07 | C4I + datamatics [ver.1.0] | The Esplanade, Singapore City, SG
19 Sep 07 | C4I + datamatics [ver.1.0] | Art Beijing 2007, Beijing, CN
19 – 23 Sep 07 | New video installation | Art Beijing 2007, Beijing, CN
28 Sep 07 | datamatics [ver.1.0] | Happy New Ears, Kortrijk, BE
5 Oct 07 | C4I + datamatics [ver.1.0] | Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, IE
10 Oct 07 | datamatics [ver.1.0] | Mutek, Mexico City, MX
30 Nov 07 | C4I + datamatics [ver.1.0] | Le Petit Faucheux, Tours, FR
Produced by Forma
Co-commissioned by AV Festival 06 and ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge and ISEA 2006 Symposium
Supported by YCAM and Recombinant Media Labs
Photos: Eiji Kikuchi
