Alexandre Babel, Stéphane Garin, Amélie Gould & Tom De Cock

The audiovisual art of the Japanese phenomenon Ryoji Ikeda is as minimalist as it is breathtaking. He plays with the limits of human senses by transforming mathematical concepts, computer data, sound and light with scientific precision into works of elusive power and beauty. In his music for percussion, Ikeda has deliberately discarded electronic gadgets. He only works with acoustic instruments or objects until sounds emerge that sound suspiciously close to electronic music. Cymbals, triangles, books, tables, pieces of paper, pencils or even basketballs: nothing is too strange to make music with. The visual aspect is never neglected either: the percussionists play the geometrically arranged instruments and objects with the precision of choreographers.