born in 1966 in Gifu, Japan
lives and works in Paris, France

Japan’s leading electronic composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda focuses on the essential characteristics of sound itself and that of visuals as light by means of both mathematical precision and mathematical aesthetics. Ikeda has gained a reputation as one of the few international artists working convincingly across both visual and sonic media. He elaborately orchestrates sound, visuals, materials, physical phenomena and mathematical notions into immersive live performances and installations.

Alongside of pure musical activity, Ikeda has been working on long-term projects: ‘datamatics’ (2006-) consists of various forms such as moving image, sculptural, sound and new media works that explore one’s potentials to perceive the invisible multi-substance of data that permeates our world. The project ‘test pattern’ (2008-) has developed a system that converts any type of data – text, sounds, photos and movies into barcode patterns and binary patterns of 0s and 1s, which examines the relationship between critical points of device performance and the threshold of human perception. The series ‘spectra’ (2001-) is large-scale installations employing intense white light as a sculptural material and so transforming public locations in Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona and Nagoya where versions have been installed. With Carsten Nicolai, Ikeda works a collaborative project ‘cyclo.’ (2000- ), which examines error structures and repetitive loops in software and computer programmed music, with audiovisual modules for real-time sound visualization, through live performance, CDs and books (Raster-noton, 2001, 2011).

He performed and exhibited worldwide including Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne; MIT, Boston; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Sónar Festival Barcelona; Tate Modern, London; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Auditorium Parco della Musica, Roma; lCC, Tokyo; Art Beijing; Göteborg Biennale; Elektra Festival Montreal; Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing; Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media; Le Laboratoire, Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Singapore art Museum; Crossing the Line Festival, New York; Ars Electronica Center, Linz; Grec Festival, Barcelona; Aichi Triennale, Nagoya; Palazzo Grassi, Venezia; Armory Park Avenue, New York; Barbican Center, London; Museo de Arte, Bogota; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Laboral, Gijon; Festival d’Automne,Paris, as well as electronic music festivals and small DJ clubs.
His albums +/- (1996), 0°C (1998), matrix (2000), dataplex (2005) and test pattern (2008) – pioneered a new minimal world of electronic music through his razor-sharp technique and aesthetics. His work matrix won the Golden Nica Award at Ars Electronica in 2001.

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池田亮司1966年出生于日本岐阜，现工作、生活于法国巴黎。

作为日本顶尖的电子音乐创作者与视觉艺术家，池田致力于研究声音本身的根本特质，及其作为光的可见所同时具备的数学的精确与数学的美感。池田是国际上少数几位被公认为横跨视听两个领域且作出杰出创造的艺术家。他能将声音、视觉、物质材料、物理现象及数学观念淋漓尽致地编排为沉浸式的现场演出与装置。

在纯粹的音乐活动之余，池田还在进行着一系列的长期项目：如自2006年持续至今的“datamatics”系列，由影像、雕塑、声音、新媒体等多元形式组合而成，从而探索人的潜能，并感知渗透于我们日常生活的数据之不可见的多重实在。自2008年持续至今的“test pattern”项目则开发了一个系统，可以将任意种类的数据：文本、声音、照片、影片等，都转换为条码模式与二进制模式排列的0和1字符串，由此检视设备性能的关键点同人类感知阈限之间的关系。自2001年持续至今的“spectra”系列是一组大型装置，将强烈的白光用作雕塑材料，并以此转换位于阿姆斯特丹、巴黎、巴塞罗那及名古屋的公共区域，各地所实现的版本各有不同。自2000年至今，池田还与卡斯滕·尼古拉合作了项目“cyclo”，通过检视软件与计算机合成音乐的出错结构与重复循环，结合实时声音视觉化的视听模块，以现场演出、CD与出版物（Raster-noton出版社，2001年，2011年）的形式呈现其创作。

他在全球各地演出、展出其作品，包括澳大利亚影像中心、波士顿MIT、巴黎蓬皮杜艺术中心、巴塞罗那Sónar艺术节、伦敦泰特现代美术馆都柏林爱尔兰现代艺术馆、罗马音乐礼堂、东京ICC、艺术北京博览会、哥德堡双年展、蒙特利尔电子艺术节、图尔昆Le Fresnoy、山口艺术媒体中心、巴黎实验室、东京当代美术馆、伯明翰Ikon画廊、新加坡美术馆、纽约跨界艺术节、林茨电子艺术中心、巴塞罗那Grec艺术节、名古屋爱知三年展、威尼斯大皇宫、纽约军械库公园大道、伦敦巴比肯中心、波哥大美术馆、柏林汉堡火车头博物馆、希洪Laboral、巴黎秋季艺术节，以及众多电子音乐节和小型DJ俱乐部。

池田出版的专辑有+/- (1996), 0°C (1998), matrix (2000), dataplex (2005) 和test pattern (2008)以其尖峰科技与审美在电子音乐这新兴小世界中首当其冲。池田因其杰出创作于2001年荣获电子艺术节的金尼卡奖。