Ryoji Ikeda: data.tron/data.scan

Surrey Art Gallery presents Ryoji Ikeda's audiovisual installation which considers the vast universe of data in the infinite between 0 and 1.

Exhibition dates: September 26 - December 13
Exhibition reception: September 26, 7pm


How many points are there in a line? What is the number of numbers? How can we verify that the random is random? Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda exhibits two works from his datamatics project, which is a series of experiments that explore such questions, physically and mathematically. Visitors will experience the vast universe of data in the infinite between 0 and 1.

data.tron is an audiovisual installation, where each single pixel of visual image is strictly calculated by mathematical principle, composed from a combination of pure mathematics and the vast sea of data present in the world. These images are projected onto a large screen, heightening and intensifying the viewer’s perception and total immersion within the work.

This will be the premiere exhibition of data.scan.

This exhibition is produced in conjunction with the 10th Anniversary of the Surrey Art Gallery’s TechLab digital art residency and exhibition program. TechLab is the only dedicated physical venue for the production and presentation of digital art forms in a contemporary art museum in Canada. The history of TechLab is available at www.surreytechlab.ca.

This exhibition is curated by Jordan Strom. data.tron/data.scan is presented concurrently with the exhibitions Infinite Egress, Optic Ear, Arcade: Kwantlen Fine Arts Faculty.

data.scan - co-produced by Surrey Art Gallery and Forma
data.tron - co-produced by Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains and Forma


Exhibition Reception
Saturday, September 26 | free
7-9pm (formal remarks at 7:30pm)
Ryoji Ikeda will be in attendance; Live performance by Coin Gutter. Refreshments provided.


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