Akai Tori Illustration Award
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1996) award
Ryoji Ikeda
いけだ りょうじ
Ikeda Ryoji
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1966 （Gifu Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese, English
- Residence History
- Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- Musician, Composer, Contemporary artist, Sound artist
- Active Years
- 1995-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Golden Nica (Digital Music) | — | デジタルミュージック部門 | Ars Electronica | winner |
| 2012 | Giga-Hertz Award (Sound Art) | — | サウンドアート部門 | ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe | 共同受賞（Carsten Nicolaiと） |
| 2014 | Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN Award | — | アーティスト・イン・レジデンス | Ars Electronica + CERN | winner / residency |
| 2020 | Art Encouragement Prize by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Media Arts) | — | メディア芸術部門 | Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan) | 受賞 |
Golden Nica (Digital Music)
2001
Category:
デジタルミュージック部門
Organization:
Ars Electronica
Result:
winner
Giga-Hertz Award (Sound Art)
2012
Category:
サウンドアート部門
Organization:
ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
Result:
共同受賞（Carsten Nicolaiと）
Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN Award
2014
Category:
アーティスト・イン・レジデンス
Organization:
Ars Electronica + CERN
Result:
winner / residency
Art Encouragement Prize by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Media Arts)
2020
Category:
メディア芸術部門
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 72 (2022) award
Works
Major Works
1000 fragments
1995 Electronic / ExperimentalOne of his early albums. Layers minimal sonic elements to create tense, highly reduced electronic textures; marks an early stage in his minimalist experimental work.
frequencyultrasoundminimalism
+/- [the infinite between 0 and 1]
1997 Electronic / Sound artA project including installations and musical works based on data and mathematical concepts, examining relationships between visual and sonic phenomena.
datavisualizationmathematical approach
dataplex
2005 Electronica / ExperimentalA work that employs computer-processed data sonics, dealing with extreme high frequencies and finely detailed sonic images.
data processingfrequency analysisaudio-visual synchronization
test pattern
2008 Sound/visual installationA series of audio-visual works displayed in large-scale public contexts, including Times Square, combining moving image with precisely controlled sound.
public spacevisual noisesynchronization
Bibliography
- formula [book + dvd] (NTT Publishing, 2002 / Forma, 2005)
- V≠L (Éditions Xavier Barral, 2008)
- +/- [the infinite between 0 and 1] (Esquire Magazine Japan, 2009)
- dataphonics book+cd (Éditions DIS VOIR, 2010)
- id (as Cyclo., with Carsten Nicolai; gestalten, 2011)
- datamatics book (Charta, 2012)
- Ryoji Ikeda: micro | macro (exhibition catalogue, ZKM, 2015)
- Ryoji Ikeda | continuum (Éditions Xavier Barral, 2018)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Minimal, math- and physics-informed sonic approachExperimental method treating visual and sonic materials as unified data
- Recurring Motifs
- frequency and ultrasounddata visualizationcontrast of the infinitesimal and the immense
Legacy
Ryoji Ikeda is internationally recognized for experimental works that treat sound and light as data. He has expanded the intersection of electronic music and media art, presenting large-scale installations at museums and festivals worldwide.
Archives
- National Diet Library (Japan) holdings
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) holdings
Trivia
- He has composed stage music for the performance group Dumb Type.
- He has collaborated with Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto).
- The work "test pattern" has been displayed in public contexts such as Times Square.