test pattern
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test pattern is a system that converts any type of data (text, sounds, photos and movies) into barcode patterns and binary patterns of 0s and 1s. Through its application, the project aims to examine the relationship between critical points of device performance and the threshold of human perception.

photo: Emilien Itim
materials 2 DLP projectors, 1 computer, 6 speakers
dimensions W5 x H6.4 x D16 m
date | place
SEP 3-25, 2022 "Festival Images Vevey”, Théâtre Oriental-Vevey, Vevey, CH
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concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

photo: Jack Hems, 180 The Strand, 2021
materials 3 DLP projectors, computer, speakers
date | place
MAY 20 - SEP 18, 2021 180 Studios, 180 The Strand, London, UK
 

concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

photo: by LU Kuo-wei, courtesy of Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 2019 ©TFAM
materials pigment print on paper mounted on aluminum
dimensions W100 x H141 x D10cm
date | place
test pattern #016, #035, #047, #045, #030, #113
OCT 26 - NOV 22, 2019 Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo, JP
 
test pattern #068, #083, #110, #003, #027, #054
AUG 10 - NOV 17, 2019 Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TW
photo: Martin Argyroglo
materials 6 DLP projectors, 6 computers, 12 speakers
dimensions W11.6 x H14.0 x D43.5 m
date | place
DEC 1-31, 2017 "William Forsythe x Ryoji Ikeda", La Villette/Festival d’Automne, Paris, FR
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concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

photo: courtesy of The Vinyl Factory
materials 2 DLP projectors, 1 computer, 6 speakers
dimensions W5.5 x H10.1 x D17.6 m
date | place
OCT 5 - DEC 14, 2017 180 The Strand, London UK
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concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

photo: Stefan Altenburger, courtesy of Luma Foundation
materials 4 DLP projectors, 1 computer, 8 speakers
dimensions W8 x H9 x D24 m
date | place
FEB 3 - MAR 19, 2017 "Elevation 1049: Avalanche", Gstaad, CH (curated by Neville Wakefield and Olympia Scarry)
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concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

photo: Frank Kleinbach, courtesy of KulturRegion Stuttgart
materials 2 DLP projectors, 1 computer, 4 speakers
dimensions W9.6 x H13.7 x D12 m
date | place
SEP 17 - OCT 9, 2016 “Aufstiege – Lichtkunstfestival zur Inszenierung des Auf und Ab” Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Baden-Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, DE
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concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

photo: Michel Cavalca
materials 3 DLP projectors, 1 computer, 6 speakers
dimensions W25 x H13 x D25 m
date | place
MAR 1-27, 2016 "Vanities, l'autre cote du miroir", Musée des Confluences, Lyon, FR
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concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

photo: courtesy of ACT Festival
materials 8 DLP projectors, 2 computers, 16 speakers
dimensions W75 x H12 x D33 m
date | place
NOV 25 - DEC 31, 2015 ACT Festival, ACC ACT Center, Gwangju, KR
credits

concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

photo: Václav Šváb
materials 2 DLP projectors, 3 computers, 4 speakers
dimensions W15.5 x H8 x D15.5 m
date | place
JUL 1 - AUG 11, 2015 "Pilsen 2015", New Theatre Black Box, Pilsen, CZ
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concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

photo: Ka-Man Tse
photo: Ka-Man Tse
date | place
OCT 1-31, 2014 11:57pm > 0:00am (for 3 minutes) every night Times Square, New York, US
OCT 16, 2014 Midnight Moment Exclusive Sound Experience
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concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

photo: Yasuharu Sasaki, courtesy of Red Bull Content Pool
photo: Yasuharu Sasaki, courtesy of Red Bull Content Pool
materials 4 DLP projectors, 5 computers, 8 speakers
dimensions dimensions variable (suggested: W18.0 x H5.4 x D6.0 m)
date | place
NOV 5-9, 2014 "Red Bull Music Academy", Spiral Hall, Tokyo, JP
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concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

photo: Wonge Bergmann, courtesy of Ruhrtriennale 2013
photo: Wonge Bergmann, courtesy of Ruhrtriennale 2013
materials 10 DLP projectors, computers, loudspeakers
dimensions W13.3 x H16.7 (projection throw distance) x D100.0 m
date | place
AUG 23-25, 2013 Ruhrtriennale, Kraftzentrale, Duisburg, DE
SEP 4-15, 2013 Ruhrtriennale, Kraftzentrale, Duisburg, DE
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concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

photo: Zan Wimberley
photo: Zan Wimberley
materials 5 DLP projectors, 6 computers, 6 speakers
dimensions dimensions variable (suggested: W44.0 x H21.0 x D25.0 m)
date | place
JUN 8 - JUL 1, 2013 Carriageworks, Sydney, AU
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concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

photo: Blaise Adilon, courtesy of Frac Franche-Comte
photo: Blaise Adilon, courtesy of Frac Franche-Comte
materials 3 DLP projectors, 4 computers, 6 speakers
dimensions dimensions variable (suggested: W18.0 x H6.5 x D6.0 m)
date | place
APR 5 - SEP 15, 2013 FRAC Franche - Comté, Besançon, FR
JUN 3 - OCT 29, 2023 "Les Figures du Vide", FRAC Franche – Comté, Besançon, FR
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concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

photo: James Ewing, courtesy of Park Avenue Armory
materials 3 DLP projectors, computers, speakers
dimensions W20.0 x H15.0 x D30.0 m (projection throw distance: H20.0 m)
date | place
MAY 20 - JUN 11, 2011 "the transfinite", Park Avenue Armory, New York, US (curated by Kristy Edmunds)
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concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama
commissioned by Park Avenue Armory, 2011

photo: Marc Domage
photo: Marc Domage
photo: Marc Domage
materials 4 DLP projectors, computers, 8.2ch sound system
dimensions dimensions variable (suggested: W12.0 x H12.0 x D25.0 m)
date | place
DEC 1-11, 2010 Théâtre de Gennevilliers, FR
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concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama
commissioned by Théâtre de Gennevilliers, 2010
supported by ARCADI, projection design

photo: Manuel Blanco, courtesy of La Casa Encendida
photo: Manuel Blanco, courtesy of La Casa Encendida

test pattern [n˚2] presents flickering black and white imagery that floats and convulses in darkness on two screens, one on the floor and another floor to ceiling, in time with a stark, powerful and highly synchronised soundtrack. Through a real–time computer program audio signal patterns are converted into tightly synchronised barcode patterns on the screens. The velocity of the moving images is ultra–fast, some hundreds of frames per second, providing a totally immersive experience for visitors. The work provides a performance test for the audio and visual devices, as well as a response test for one's perceptions.

materials 2 DLP projectors, computers, speakers
dimensions dimensions variable (suggested: W12.0 x H12.0 x D25.0 m)
date | place
APR 22 - JUN 13, 2010 "ARTe SONoro", La Casa Encendida, Madrid, ES
credits

concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

photo: photo: Jeff Elstone, courtesy of Salon 94
materials framed super 16mm film
dimensions W4.5 x H92.5 x D3.0 cm
date | place
test pattern [film 1] - [film 6]
NOV 11 - DEC 25, 2010 Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, JP
 
test pattern [film 1] - [film 7], [film 14]
OCT 18-31, 2014 Salon 94, New York, US
 
test pattern [film 20], [film 21], [film 22]
AUG 10 - NOV 17, 2019 Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TW
 
test pattern [film 4], [film 7], [film 14]
DEC 5, 2015 - MAR 28, 2016 "How to live? - Future images yesterday and today”, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE
 
test pattern [film 7], [film 14], [film 19]
APR 6 - MAY 20, 2017 Almine Rech Gallery, Grosvenor Hill, London, UK
NOV 29 - DEC 21, 2017 Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, FR
 
test pattern [film 8], [film 13], [film 23]
OCT 26 - NOV 22, 2019 Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo, JP
photo: Liz Hingley
photo: Liz Hingley

This audiovisual work presents intense flickering black and white imagery which floats and convulses in darkness to a stark, powerful and highly synchronised soundtrack.
Through a real–time computer program, test pattern converts audio signal patterns into tightly synchronised barcode patterns on screen. The velocity of the moving images is ultra–fast, some hundreds of frames per second, so that the work provides a performance test for the audio and visual devices, as well as a response test for the audience's perceptions.

credits

concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

photo: Kazuo Fukunaga, courtesy of YCAM
photo: Kazuo Fukunaga, courtesy of YCAM

In this first edition of the project, an audiovisual installation, test pattern involves a sequence of tests for machines and humans. Comprising of visual patterns converted and generated from sound waveforms in real–time, the installation is made up of eight computer monitors and sixteen loudspeakers aligned on the floor in a dark space. The eight rectangular surfaces of the screens flicker intensely with black and white images. Sixteen channel sound signals are mapped as a grid matrix, passing and slicing the space sharply, and via a real–time computer program the signal patterns are converted into eight tightly synchronised barcode patterns. The velocity of the moving images is ultra–fast, at certain points some hundreds of frames per second, providing a performance test for the devices as well as a response test for visitors' perceptions.

materials 8 LCD displays, computers, 16ch sound system
dimensions W4.6 x D14.6 m (suggested space: W15.0 x H6.0 x D15.0 m)
date | place
MAR 1 - MAY 25, 2008 Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM), JP
credits

concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama

© Ryoji Ikeda

pages: 150
binding: Paperback, black and white, glossy finish, glue bound
language: English
Interior: black and white
Edition limited to 250 numbered copies
price: €35.00
order online: onestarpress.com

dimensions 14.0 × 22.5 cm
date | publisher
DEC 10, 2017 onestar press, FR
photo: courtesy of Raster-Noton
date | label
FEB 1, 2008 Raster-Noton | R-N093
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test pattern(2006-07)

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produced by Ryoji Ikeda
© 2007 Ryoji Ikeda (JASRAC / Budde Music)