Visual Systems : Ryoji Ikeda
Ryoji Ikeda, a renowned Japanese electronic composer and visual artist, is celebrated for his mastery in blending visual and sonic media. His work intricately coordinates sound, images, and mathematical concepts in large-scale, immersive performances and installations. This project aims to create a visual system that presents a series of posters and a screen-based sequence that resonate with Ryoji Ikeda's distinctive style.
The concept behind the posters is to evoke an experience reminiscent of Ikeda's work, capturing and holding the viewer's attention in a manner akin to his exhibitions. Ikeda's installations overwhelm viewers with an immense amount of information, creating a sense of disorientation. The posters mirror this effect by layering type, making it challenging to focus on individual layers. This deliberate complexity confuses the viewer's eye, inducing a similar disorientation.
A series of four posters were designed using a pixelized system. Just as Ikeda's music explores sound in its various 'raw' states, this visual system experiments with 'raw' visual elements: pixels. The pixelized design underscores that Ikeda's work exists at the extreme edges of human visual and auditory perception. The goal of this visual system is to spark curiosity in the audience, drawing them into the exhibition with a sense of intrigue and fascination.
