Ryoji Ikeda - Between You and Me

data.matrix [n˚1-10] is a multi-screen installation featuring video sequences from Ikeda's audiovisual concert datamatics [ver.2.0], in which he uses pure data as a source for sound and visuals. The visuals combine abstract and mimetic presentations of matter, time and space.

Each of the video projections corresponds with the ten scenes represented in the concert and is labeled accordingly. Ikeda has carefully recomposed the scenes so that they are tightly syncronised with one another. For the first time the entire content of datamatics [ver.2.0], renowned for its extremely fast frame rates and variable bit depths, can be viewed at one time.

data.matrix [no1-10] was first presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (April - June 2009), for which Ikeda recomposed the work to move in synchronicity with another of the large-scale installations, data.tron [3 SXGA+ version]. It has since been shown as part of Trans-Cool TOKYO: Contemporary Japanese Art from MOT Collection, at the Bangkok Culture and Art Centre in Thailand (February – March 2010).

Exhibition

12 - 21 April 2010 | Between You and Me | Les Rencontres Internacionales | Madrid, ES

Photo: Ryuichi Maruo

Concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
Computer graphics, programming: Shohei Matsukawa, Norimichi Hirakawa, Tomonaga Tokuyama
Produced by Forma

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