Sota Ichikawa

Architect
Sota Ichikawa focuses expansion of spatial notation systems in the realm of architecture, and works out program codes in his continuous creation. While experimentation of unique methods and processes of architecture, he engages collaborations with a variety of artists. In 1997 german media artists group Knowbotic Research produced an urban project “10_DENCIES” in Tokyo, he took part of the local city researching. In 2004, the artist Seiko MIkami and he created “gravicells.” On the other side, in 1998 he set an architectural group doubleNegatives Architecture [dNA]. The series of "Corpora Project" was rescaled and shown as an installation "Corpora in Si(gh)te" in Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] in 2007. This project was chosen as the exhibitor of Hungarian Pavilion at the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale. It's invited and shown in Berlin (Germany) and Linz (Austria). Since 2008, dNA started collaboration project with the artist Fujiko Nakaya, which is interactive fog installation called “MU: Mercurial Unfolding.”
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