Ryoji Ikeda
Ryoji Ikeda
Datamatics [ver.2.O]
Archive 2008
Centre Pompidou
novembernov 21 – 22
novembernov 21 – 22
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datamatics [ver.2.0]
Direction, conception and composition, Ryoji Ikeda
Computer graphic conception, Shohei Matsukawa, Daisuke Tsunoda, Tomonaga Tokuyama, Norimichi Hirakawa
Produced by Forma
Made-to-order for the AV Festival 06/ ZeroOne San José/ ISEA 2006
With the support of Recombinant Media Labs
Co-produced by YCAM/ Les Spectacles Vivants-Centre Pompidou
Co-realized by the Festival d'Automne à Paris and les Spectacles Vivants-Centre Pompidou
Supported by Nomura, the Franco-Japanese Sasakawa Foundation, and the Foundation for the study of the Japanese language and culture, working under the aegis of the Foundation of France
Within the context of the 150th anniversary of Franco-Japanese relations
Direction, conception and composition, Ryoji Ikeda
Computer graphic conception, Shohei Matsukawa, Daisuke Tsunoda, Tomonaga Tokuyama, Norimichi Hirakawa
Produced by Forma
Made-to-order for the AV Festival 06/ ZeroOne San José/ ISEA 2006
With the support of Recombinant Media Labs
Co-produced by YCAM/ Les Spectacles Vivants-Centre Pompidou
Co-realized by the Festival d'Automne à Paris and les Spectacles Vivants-Centre Pompidou
Supported by Nomura, the Franco-Japanese Sasakawa Foundation, and the Foundation for the study of the Japanese language and culture, working under the aegis of the Foundation of France
Within the context of the 150th anniversary of Franco-Japanese relations
As an artist/composer, my intention is always polarized by concepts of “the beautiful and the sublime” .
To me, beauty is crystal; rationality, precision, simplicity, elegance, delicacy.
The sublime is infinity; infinitesimal, immensity, indescribable, ineffable.
The purest beauty is the world of mathematics. Its perfect assemblage amongst numbers, magnitudes and forms persist despite us.
The aesthetic experience of the sublime in mathematics is awe-inspiring. It is similar to the experience we have when we confront the vast magnitude of the universe, which always leaves us openmouthed.
The aim of this project is to engage in dialogue with the mathematician Benedict Gross and other number theorists to find a common language on aesthetics.
Ryoji Ikeda
To me, beauty is crystal; rationality, precision, simplicity, elegance, delicacy.
The sublime is infinity; infinitesimal, immensity, indescribable, ineffable.
The purest beauty is the world of mathematics. Its perfect assemblage amongst numbers, magnitudes and forms persist despite us.
The aesthetic experience of the sublime in mathematics is awe-inspiring. It is similar to the experience we have when we confront the vast magnitude of the universe, which always leaves us openmouthed.
The aim of this project is to engage in dialogue with the mathematician Benedict Gross and other number theorists to find a common language on aesthetics.
Ryoji Ikeda
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