Ryoji Ikeda
Japanese electronic musician and visual artist (born 1966). Using as his materials sound in its "raw" state, such as sine waves and noise, frequencies near the limits of human hearing, and vast quantities of data, he assembles sound, image, light, and physical phenomena with mathematical precision and aesthetics into immersive performances and installations. He is based in Paris and Kyoto.
Biography
Born in 1966 in Gifu Prefecture. He was involved in the activities of the artist collective Dumb Type. He began presenting work in earnest around 1995, and has exhibited at museums around the world, including the Centre Pompidou, ZKM (Karlsruhe), and the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.
Music
The albums +/- (1996), 0°C (1998), and matrix (2000) were acclaimed as among the most radical works in contemporary electronic music. He has since released dataplex (2005), test pattern (2008), and supercodex (2013), among others. With Carsten Nicolai he forms the unit cyclo.
Long-term projects
- spectra (2001–)
- datamatics (2006–)
- test pattern (2008–)
- superposition (2012–)
- supersymmetry (2014–), micro | macro (2015–) — born of his residency at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Awards
In 2001 he received the Golden Nica in the Digital Musics category of the Prix Ars Electronica for matrix. In 2014 he received the Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN, which led to his residency at CERN.
To verify
- The specific nature and period of his involvement with Dumb Type
- The specific content of each long-term project (only the names and starting years were confirmed on the official site)