Looking Outwards – Sound Art

One computational sound project that really impressed me is the work of Ryoji Ikeda. Ikeda’s installations work with presenting data through a cinematic immersive experience, and reimagining how data can be visualized through multiple sensory avenues. His work (primarily audio as well) works with the concept of binary input, where there are merely two possible outputs of data (e.g on and off, black and white). Together, it synchronizes with binary visuals that create this immersive method of understanding large complex structures like genetics and biology.

What I especially appreciate about this piece is how natural the integration with technology and music was undertaken. It’s always a risk to “overcompute” a creative practice within these types of projects, which undermine the beauty of arts based performances. However, the project reimagines how sound can be portrayed with binary outputs.