:: Autumn 2005 ::

Ryoji Ikeda has launched an official website, located at http://www.ryojiikeda.com/

Please visit for the most current news.

The brainwashed.com website will remain open for archival purposes only.


:: Autumn 2004 ::

the original version formula book+dvd was very difficult to obtain for everyone except japanese people
due to a complex distribution problem, but after 2 years, now finally the international re-issue version will
be released by my agent in the uk soon.

visit forma: http://www.forma.org.uk/


  [performances/concerts]

- C4I  new audio-visual piece  (*written as "C quartic I" *read as "C hypercubed I" or "C four I" = "see for eye" )
   October 28: Pompidou Centre, Paris (European Premiere)
   October 31: Theatre Kikker, Utrecht
   November 05: Teatro la Cavallerizza, Reggio Emilia, Italy
   November 20: Eyebeam, New York (North American Premiere)

- formula [ver.2.2]  audio-visual piece
   September 17, 18: Auditorio Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (*postponed to 2006)
   October 16: Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal
   December 21, 22: Studio 21 Kyoto performing Arts Center, Kyoto


  [installations]

- spectra [for Terminal 5 JFK]  new site-specific installation
   October 1- January 31 : Terminal 5 (designed by Eero Saarinen), JFK Airport, New York
   www.terminalfive.com

- spectra II  installation
   October 7-17: Audioframes III, Kortrijk, Belgium


  [publications]

- formula Book+DVD  re-issue version : in October : www.forma.org.uk

  artist management + tour info ::  www.forma.org.uk
  record label + release info::  www.touchmusic.org.uk



  [2003 - 2004]

- Frankfurt Ballett
  a new production
  choreography by William Forsythe
  music by Ryoji Ikeda
  performed by Ensemble Modern Frankfurt
  January 22 - 31 @ the Bockenheimer Depot, Frankfurt
  http://www.frankfurt-ballett.de/frame.html

- op. 1
  June: performed by the London Sinfonietta, London
  June 17: performed by Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona at Sonar Festival
  tba...

- "formula [ver.2.1]" concert
  November 15 @ Novart, Bordeaux
  http://www.zoobizarre.org/
  November 30 @ Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome
  http://www.romaeuropa.net/english/home_festival.htm

- "formula [ver.2.2]" concert
  February 13, 14 @ YCAM, Yamaguchi, Japan
  http://www.ycam.jp/
  March 6, 7 @ Chikusa Bunka Sho Gekijyo, Nagoya, Japan
  http://www.culture.city.nagoya.jp/
  June: London, Barcelona tbc...

- new audio/visual concert piece
   February 13, 14 @ YCAM, Yamaguchi, Japan
   http://www.ycam.jp/

- new audio/visual installation piece
   March 6-28 @ Gallery Yata, Nagoya, Japan
   http://www.culture.city.nagoya.jp/

- new site-specific installation piece
  September -
  @ Terminal 5, JFK Airport designed by Eero Saarinen, NY
  tba...

- new site-specific installation piece
  September 29-
  @ Reforma (a cross roads in the city), the International Exhibition by
  Contemporary Arts Centre, Mexico City
  tba...

- cci sound system
  with a wall of the Marshall Guitar Amplifiers + the Meyer System
  November 23 @ The Arches, Glasgow
  http://www.thearches.co.uk
  late-March, Birmingham tba...



   [Ryoji Ikeda : August - November 2003]


- "formula [ver.2.0]" concert
  September 20 @ Le Ferme du Buisson, Paris  http://www.ferme-du-buisson.com
  November 15 @ Novart, Bordeaux  http://www.zoobizarre.org
  November 30 @ Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome

- Xenakis "Persepolis" live remix
- "data spectra" solo live
  September 9 @ Ars Electronica, Linz
  http://www.aec.at/

- "matrix (for anechoic room)" installation
  "Blindgangers en voetoekers" exhibition
   August 23 - September 26 @ Voormalig gerechtsgebouw
   Hamburgerstraat 28-30, Utrecht
   zintuiglijkekunst@hotmail.com

- cyclo. "sonotechture" installation + live (with carsten nicolai)
  October 17- @ DCA, Dundee, UK
  http://www.dca.org.uk/

- cyclo. live (with carsten nicolai)
  November 1 @ Observatori, Valencia
  http://www.observatori.com

- cci sound system : a world premiere gig
  with a wall of Marshall Guitar Amplifiers + Meyer System
  November 24 @ Instal, The Arch, Glasgow
  http://www.thearches.co.uk


- release info: http://www.touchmusic.org.uk
- tour info: http://www.forma.org.uk/



  [January-February, 2003]


- cyclo. (Ryoji Ikeda + Carsten Nicolai)
  "sonotecture" performance
  19:30 start, February 13 @ Piccolo Jovinelli, Rome, Italy
  via Giolitti 287, Rome
  contact email: mistef@iol.it

- Ryoji Ikeda + Carsten Nicolai + Mika Vainio
  February 15 @ Stuk Kunstencentrum, Leuven, Belgium
  Naamsestraat 96, Leuven, Belgium
  http://www.stuk.be

- Ryoji Ikeda  6th solo CD  "op." (Touch, London)
  http://www.touchmusic.org.uk

- Ryoji Ikeda  Book + DVD  "formula" (ICC + NTT publishing, Tokyo)
  http://www.ntticc.or.jp/
  Touch (distribution in Europe) : http://www.touchmusic.org.uk
  Digital Narcis (distribution in Japan): http://digitalnarcis.com/
  amazon.co.jp : http://www.amazon.co.jp/

- dumb type performance "Voyage"
  February 18-23 @ Weimar, Germany
  http://dt.ntticc.or.jp/


- release info: http://www.touchmusic.org.uk
- tour info: http://www.forma.org.uk/
- dumb type: http://dt.ntticc.or.jp/


  [November-December, 2002]


- Ryoji Ikeda  Book + DVD  "formula" (ICC + NTT publishing, Tokyo)
  now available (in Japan)
  http://www.ntticc.or.jp/
  Digital Narcis (domestic&overseas distribution): dnarcis@nifty.com

- installation piece "db"
  August 23 - December 1 @ ICC, Tokyo
  http://www.ntticc.or.jp/

- music for Jo Kanamori dance piece "string(s) piece"
  November 15-17 @ New National Theatre, Tokyo
  http://www.nntt.jac.go.jp/

- solo concert piece "formula [ver.1.0]"
  December 1 @ The Arches, Glasgow
  http://www.thearches.co.uk

- cyclo. (Ryoji Ikeda + Carsten Nicolai)
  December 1 @ The Arches, Glasgow
  http://www.thearches.co.uk
  December 4 @ AA school, London

- dumb type performance "Voyage"
  November 20-22 @ Theatre de Strasbourg/Le-Maillon
  http://www.le-maillon.com/
  http://dt.ntticc.or.jp/

- Ryoji Ikeda  6th solo CD  "op." (Touch, London)
  December-January, 2003
  http://www.touchmusic.org.uk



- release info: http://www.touchmusic.org.uk
- tour info: http://www.forma.org.uk/
- dumb type: http://dt.ntticc.or.jp/


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[Ryoji Ikeda]

- new installation piece "db"
  August 23 - October 31 @ ICC, Tokyo
  http://www.ntticc.or.jp/

- new solo concert piece "formula [ver.1.0]"
  September 28 @ La Villette, Paris
  http://www.villette-numerique.com

- Ryoji Ikeda + Carsten Nicolai (Noto) + Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic)
  September 23 @ Baltic, Newcastle  http://www.balticmill.com/
  September 24 @ ICA, London  http://www.ica.org.uk/
  September 28 @ La Villette, Paris  http://www.villette-numerique.com


[Dumb Type]

- new installation piece "Voyages"
  August 23 - October 31 @ ICC, Tokyo
  http://www.ntticc.or.jp/

- new performance piece 'Voyage" Japan premiere
  August 30, 31, September 1 @ Saitama Arts Theater/Main Theater
  September 6,7 @ Theater Drama City, Osaka
  http://www.conversation.co.jp
  http://www.dramacity.co.jp


[Forthcoming Release]

September
- Ryoji Ikeda  book + DVD  "formula"
  (ICC + NTT publishing, Tokyo) http://www.ntticc.or.jp/

Autumn
- Ryoji Ikeda  6th solo CD  "op."
  (Touch, London) http://www.touchmusic.org.uk

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