data.scape, 2016

RYOJI IKEDA
data.scape, 2016
LED screen, computers, loudspeakers
9600 x 400 cm
Computer programming: Tokuyama Tomonaga and Ryoji Ikeda Studio
Two videos, DNA during daytime and The Universe in the evening

AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

Artist, Ryōji Ikeda, title, DataScape 2016. In 2014, the Japanese artist, Ryōji Ikeda, was selected for the sole major commission that was to be integrated into the design of the new Darling Harbour’s ICC Sydney’s reconstructed public domain. It’s a continuous screen, 96 metres long and four metres high, and plays two different programmed videos. During the day, the full DNA sequence of the human genome streams, and at night a vast star map of the universe is scrolled across the screen.