Ryoji Ikeda's Data-Verse Hypnotic Video at Venice Biennale

Ryoji Ikeda (born 1966), a Japanese artist and composer, is a standout of the 2019 Venice Biennale, curated by Ralph Rugoff. He presents two works: Spectra III at the Giardini and the first chapter of a new trilogy, Data-Verse, at the Arsenale's Corderie. Produced with support from luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet of Le Brassus, Switzerland, the large-scale video immerses viewers in a kaleidoscopic universe of data, visualizing and translating datasets from scientific institutions like CERN, NASA, and the Human Genome Project into hypnotic images and sounds. The work explores a universe where everything becomes code, reflecting humanity's growing disorientation.