<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Japanese multimedia artist Ryoji Ikeda’s work can be interpreted as a contact between mediums, but also as a contact between disciplines. Most of his video installations are based on concepts borrowed from the field of mathematics, physics or information technology. In this paper I will examine Ikeda’s audiovisual installations by presenting these multimedial installations as possible methods of visualizing digital data in the context of contemporary art. Considering their digital and abstract nature, these works can also be analysed as unique audiovisual environments built from different media based on the same data-sets, offering the possibility of immersion. By unfolding the medial relations within Ikeda’s work I will try to demonstrate how the combination of sight and sound creates the inter-sensual experience of getting in touch with digital data.</p></abstract>

The Japanese multimedia artist Ryoji Ikeda’s work can be interpreted as a contact between mediums, but also as a contact between disciplines. Most of his video installations are based on concepts borrowed from the field of mathematics, physics or information technology. In this paper I will examine Ikeda’s audiovisual installations by presenting these multimedial installations as possible methods of visualizing digital data in the context of contemporary art. Considering their digital and abstract nature, these works can also be analysed as unique audiovisual environments built from different media based on the same data-sets, offering the possibility of immersion. By unfolding the medial relations within Ikeda’s work I will try to demonstrate how the combination of sight and sound creates the inter-sensual experience of getting in touch with digital data.

Sights and Sounds of Big Data: Ryoji Ikeda’s Immersive Installations

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Film and Media Studies

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The Japanese multimedia artist Ryoji Ikeda’s work can be interpreted as a contact between mediums, but also as a contact between disciplines. Most of his video...

Sights and Sounds of Big Data: Ryoji Ikeda’s Immersive Installations

Publié en ligne: 29 oct. 2020

Pages: 109 - 129

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausfm-2020-0006

Mots clés
Ryoji Ikeda, data visualization, video installation, electronic music

© 2020 Mihály Lakatos, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Sights and Sounds of Big Data: Ryoji Ikeda’s Immersive Installations

Publié en ligne: 29 oct. 2020

Pages: 109 - 129

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausfm-2020-0006

Mots clésRyoji Ikeda, data visualization, video installation, electronic music

© 2020 Mihály Lakatos, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Ryoji Ikeda, data visualization, video installation, electronic music