TWO PERFORMANCES BY RYOJI IKEDA AT THEATRE AT ACE HOTEL
Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (CAP UCLA) is dedicated to the advancement of contemporary performing arts: dance, music, spoken word, and theater; as well as emerging digital, collaborative, and cross-art platforms inspired by today's leading artists and creators. Internationally celebrated electronic composer and light-and-sound-installation artist Ryoji Ikeda has gained a reputation as one of the few artists working convincingly across both visual and sonic media. A leading figure among the new crop of computer-based musicians, Ikeda is known for his moving-image, sculptural sound and new media works that explore the intersection between music and visual art through mathematical aesthetics. His appearance at CAP UCLA is an opportunity to experience three of Ikeda's concert works over two different programs. There is a complete integration of the various elements – music, images, lighting – orchestrating the relationships between them through a highly precise score. Shows on Thursday and Friday at the Theatre at Ace Hotel.
"UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP) presents performances by Ryoji Ikeda on Thursday, Dec. 14, and Friday, Dec. 15, at 8 p.m. at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, 929 S. Broadway in Los Angeles.
Ikeda, an internationally celebrated electronic composer and light-and-sound-installation artist, has gained a reputation as one of the few artists working convincingly across both visual and sonic media. A leading figure among the new crop of computer-based musicians, he is known for his moving-image, sculptural sound and new media works that explore the intersection between music and visual art through mathematical aesthetics.
His work has been performed and exhibited worldwide at art and music venues and festivals throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas, and he has collaborated with such artists as choreographer William Forsythe, Japanese art collective Dumb Type, architect Toyo Ito, and photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto.
His appearance at CAP UCLA is an opportunity to experience three of Ikeda’s concert works over two different programs. Program I features “includesformula [ver.2.3]” (2000–), which was made with Shiro Takatani and Takayuki Fujimoto, Ikeda’s collaborators from his time with Dumb Type. This constantly evolving work, updated with each presentation, is a perfect synchronization between sound frequencies and movements on the screen. It places the viewer in a binary geometry of space and exploits the darkness to amplify one’s perceptions. There is a complete integration of the various elements – music, images, lighting – orchestrating the relationships between them through a highly precise score."— Dec. 7, 2017
This post is an excerpt, read the full article at the The Rafu Shimpo: Los Angeles Japanese Daily News website.