Best-known as Japan's leading composer of electronic music, Ikeda uses both sound and visual imagery to produce intensely physical experiences for his audience. His new retrospective is being hosted by Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, which opened on 2 April and will continue to 21 June 2009, is titled '+/- [the infinite between 0 and 1]', and includes new commissions, sound works and large-scale audio visual projections.
Three F32 series will be used to power 'data.tron [3 SXGA+ version]', an expanded edition of Ikeda's floor-to-ceiling screen of art, which seeks to physically overwhelm visitors with a staggering array of binary data such as the numbers 0 and 1.
Ken Sampei, director of Mix Wave, comments: "In today's multimedia society, there is no longer a clear distinction between sound, images, and computers. As an artist, Ryoji Ikeda recognises this and, through his work, really challenges our perception of data. With the help of projectiondesign, we are delighted to be able to support his retrospective in Tokyo with projectors which, through their combination of high brightness and contrast, consistency and reliability, are perfectly suited to such a challenging audio visual task."
Industry veteran and projectiondesign's Thierry Ollivier, who has played a key role in supporting this latest incarnation of 'data.tron', adds: "At projectiondesign, we are constantly looking at ways not just to improve our products, but to make video projection a really compelling part of people's lives. Supporting artists such as Ryoji Ikeda is one way in which we can do this, and indeed this retrospective is only the latest in a long line of digital art projects that have made use of our technologies, bringing the idea of intense and immersive visual experiences to a wider audience."
(Jim Evans)
