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Artist: Ryoji Ikeda

The Store X The Vinyl Factory Commissions series opens in London with the global premier of test pattern [N ̊12], a new, site-specific installation by Japan’s leading electronic composer and visual artist, Ryoji Ikeda.

Store X The Vinyl Factory Commissions is the evolution of The Vinyl Factory’s ongoing commitment to supporting the creation of original, site-specific, audio-visual installations.

Ryoji Ikeda - test pattern [N ̊12] at Store Studios, 180 The Strand

Comprised of visual patterns that are generated in real-time from sound waveforms, Ikeda’s test pattern [N ̊12] is the latest iteration of his test pattern project, begun in 2006, in which he converts data (from music, text, photo and video) into monochrome binary patterns. Enveloping the viewer in a disorientating, highly-charged, kinetic environment, Ikeda’s site-specific installation involves intense flickering black and white imagery, which appears to float and convulse in the darkness to a stark and highly synchronised soundtrack.

With test pattern Ikeda probes the essential characteristics of sound and light, testing the audio and visual devices that the work uses. The velocity of the moving image is ultra-fast, with some hundreds of frames per second, through which Ikeda also challenges the audience’s perception.