Last night I saw Ryoki Ikeda performing ‘C41” and ‘Formula” at the Barbican. I am a long-standing fan of his music. It is pure electronic ranging from structured beats to extreme tones. The two pieces last night were presented with visuals that I found VERY disappointing. They seemed very obvious and dated with a heavy reliance on scrolling numbers, much like the matrix film and badly shot landscapes. The sound was awesome, really loud and physical where he was obviously using frequencies at the edge of human hearing. In the end I closed my eyes to best appreciate the sound. Shame.

Albers & Maholy-Nagy at the Tate Modern on the other hand was great. A little too much to take in one session though. I went with Maria and Janet and it was interesting to see how different work appeals to each of us. Maria was more drawn to the 3D sculptural works where I love the flat geometric things with a limited colour palette. I found a diagram depicting colour and sound intersections that reminded me of the 17th century ones I’ve been looking at for my project.