Rachel Shin – LO 10

In 2018, Japanese sound artist Ryoji Ikeda created an audiovisual “Code-Verse”l that took computer graphics and translated them into electronic noises and drones, coining it as “code-verse.” Ikeda created this code-verse project after creating his own type of techno music that was formed from sonic textures from graphics. The code probably was composed of a series of sonic partnership with the direction and speed of the graphics from Code-Verse. I found this project very interesting because it was a balanced intersection of two forms of entertainment– visuals and audio. By conjoining the two mediums, Ikeda created a mesmerizing audiovisual that allowed viewers to feel as if they were placed in a new dimension. Ikeda sought to create a unique art form that escaped from the media-infested society we live in and a form that allowed viewers to feel as if they were interacting and in the actual art environment, and this was manifested in Code-Verse which allowed visitors to feel as if they were in a different dimension from the Big Data world that we live in.