Brutal, visceral, mathematical: welcome back Ryoji Ikeda!

Date
29 April 2015

Few artists can take particle physics and maths as a medium; even fewer can do so while attracting a crowd often as big on dance music as they are fine art. However, Ryoji Ikeda is a rare soul indeed, and we’re very excited about his current show at London’s Brewer Street Car Park in Soho. The work of the artist-composer is brutal, visceral and awe-inspiring; and thus nigh-on impossible to convey with mere text and jpegs. His huge-scale inspirations draw on raw data to creative vast, immersive AV pieces, and for his current show said data is drawn from a residency at particle physics research institute CERN.

The piece, entitled Supersymmetry, is housed in a pitch dark space and uses tiny ball bearings that move across bright white light boxes. Their little movements are then translated into data projected across two huge screens, forming a complex and immersive piece from sound, text, data, maths and utter disorientation.

Ryoji Ikeda, Supersymmetry, runs until 31 May.

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Ryoji Ikeda: Supersymmetry (experiment), copyright Ryoji Ikeda, photo Ryuichi Maruo

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Ryoji Ikeda: Supersymmetry (experience), copyright Ryoji Ikeda, photo Ryuichi Maruo

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Ryoji Ikeda: Supersymmetry (installation), copyright Ryoji Ikeda, photo Ryuichi Maruo

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Ryoji Ikeda: Supersymmetry, copyright Ryoji Ikeda, photo Jana Chiello

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Ryoji Ikeda: Supersymmetry, copyright Ryoji Ikeda, photo Jana Chiello

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Ryoji Ikeda: Supersymmetry, copyright Ryoji Ikeda, photo Jana Chiello

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Ryoji Ikeda: Supersymmetry, copyright Ryoji Ikeda, photo Jana Chiello

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Emily Gosling

Emily joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in the summer of 2014 after four years at Design Week. She is particularly interested in graphic design, branding and music. After working It's Nice That as both Online Editor and Deputy Editor, Emily left the company in 2016.

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