Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda is showcasing the latest chapter in his dataverse trilogy at Almine Rech. Housed at the gallery’s Brussels location, the eponymously named exhibition encompasses over two decades of work from the multi-disciplinary artist and composer, entrancing audiences with a series of installations that encompasses astrophysics, quantum mechanics and the mysteries of the cosmos.
The Gifu-born, Paris-based artist is known for utilizing mathematical code to create hypnotic audiovisual installations and bassy glitch music that reflect on humanity’s impact on the world. Ikeda’s latest exhibition marks the first time his dataverse trilogy is being shown in Europe and comprises 16 wall-to-wall screens displaying an interplay of visceral patterns and calming acoustics that curator Fernanda Brenner describes as an evocation of “digital media’s opacity and totalitarian grip on our lives.”
From the anatomical veneer of a data chip, the dizzying matrix of lines and borders of an urban map to the thousands of satellites that hover around the Earth’s orbit, Ikeda’s films are a reminder of the limitations of our knowledge. “Through Ikeda’s process of unraveling immense data sets and codifying them for aesthetic consumption,” Brenner continued, “the intense visual experiences of his work push the threshold of human perception and invite reconsideration of the organizing patterns and structures of what we conventionally call reality.”
For those in Brussels, the exhibition will be on view until July 27, 2024.
Almine Rech
Abdijstraat 20 / Rue de l’Abbaye
1050 Brussels BE
