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Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [100 m version]

Audiovisual installation at Kraftzentrale

  • (c) VernissageTV, Heinrich Schmidt
  • © Wonge Bergmann
    (c) Wonge Bergmann
  • © Wonge Bergmann
    (c) Wonge Bergmann
  • © Wonge Bergmann
    (c) Wonge Bergmann

Japanese artist and composer Ryoji Ikeda’s new work translates the digital data that surrounds us in everyday life into flickering barcodes. We enter a gigantic landscape that consists of alternating black and white structures. The twitching currents flow by us at astonishing speed, contract and take on new forms. test pattern [100m version]—conceived especially for Duisburg’s Kraftzentrale—moves in the field of tension between technological feasibility and human perception. The serial perfection of this artificially created environment presents an extreme contrast to each human motion. On a 100-meter-long projection, we are simultaneously viewer and part of the image. Combined with the rhythmic power of the soundtrack, the result is a poetic space that invites us to linger—an experience that involves all the senses.

With surgical precision, Ryoji Ikeda transforms physical phenomena and mathematical concepts into complex montages of sound and light. Working with installations, live performance, and publications, he is one of the most innovative composers and visual artists in the field of electronics. His works are primarily characterized by an equal confidence in the use of visual and acoustic media.

Concept, composition —
Ryoji Ikeda
Computergraphics, programming —
Tomonaga Tokuyama

Shows

Location
— Kraftzentrale, Duisburg
Dates
— 23. 24. 25. August 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. September
Duration
— Open from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
New Work
Entrance free

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August
  • Fri23Aug
    13.00 – 21.00
    Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [100 m version] on 23. August 2013 at 1.00 PM
    Entrance free
  • Sat24Aug
    13.00 – 21.00
    Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [100 m version] on 24. August 2013 at 1.00 PM
    Entrance free
  • Sun25Aug
    13.00 – 21.00
    Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [100 m version] on 25. August 2013 at 1.00 PM
    Entrance free
September
  • Wed 4Sep
    13.00 – 21.00
    Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [100 m version] on 4. September 2013 at 1.00 PM
    Entrance free
  • Thu 5Sep
    13.00 – 21.00
    Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [100 m version] on 5. September 2013 at 1.00 PM
    Entrance free
  • Fri 6Sep
    13.00 – 21.00
    Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [100 m version] on 6. September 2013 at 1.00 PM
    Entrance free
  • Sat 7Sep
    13.00 – 21.00
    Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [100 m version] on 7. September 2013 at 1.00 PM
    Entrance free
  • Sun 8Sep
    13.00 – 21.00
    Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [100 m version] on 8. September 2013 at 1.00 PM
    Entrance free
  • Mon 9Sep
    13.00 – 21.00
    Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [100 m version] on 9. September 2013 at 1.00 PM
    Entrance free
  • Tue10Sep
    13.00 – 21.00
    Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [100 m version] on 10. September 2013 at 1.00 PM
    Entrance free
  • Wed11Sep
    13.00 – 21.00
    Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [100 m version] on 11. September 2013 at 1.00 PM
    Entrance free
  • Thu12Sep
    13.00 – 21.00
    Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [100 m version] on 12. September 2013 at 1.00 PM
    Entrance free
  • Fri13Sep
    13.00 – 21.00
    Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [100 m version] on 13. September 2013 at 1.00 PM
    Entrance free
  • Sat14Sep
    13.00 – 21.00
    Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [100 m version] on 14. September 2013 at 1.00 PM
    Entrance free
  • Sun15Sep
    13.00 – 21.00
    Ryoji Ikeda: test pattern [100 m version] on 15. September 2013 at 1.00 PM
    Entrance free

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