KOOSUKE IKEDA
IRKT [I-RU-KU-TO]

KOOSUKE IKEDA WAS BORN IN CALIFORNIA AND RAISED AROUND THE WORLD IN SEVERAL CITIES INCLUDING
LONDON (UK), TOKYO (JAPAN), NANCY AND PARIS (FRANCE), HE RESIDES AND WORKS IN NEW
YORK CITY (USA) SINCE 2004
IN JUNE 2007, HE FOUNDED "IRKT" WHICH IS HIS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR HIS ARTISTRY, LOGO AND PROJECT
NAME TO PURSUE HIS CREATIONS.

IRKT [I-RU-KU-TO][INDIVIDUAL RELATIVE K(C)ONTRADICTION THEORY]

MY INTREST ARIES OUT OF THE DESIRE TO PURSUE THE CONCEPT OF THE "SELF", EXPOSING THE CONTRADICITONS
WHICH EXSIST INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.
IN RECOGNIZING ANEW THE ACTUALITY OF EACH INDIVIDUAL, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE SELF TO OTHERS IS NOT ONE
THAT EXISTS CLEARLY BETWEEN RELATIVE MERITS. IT IS, RATHER, ONE OF EQUIVALENCY AND EQUALITY, AND ALSO OF
BEING CONSISTENTLY RELATIVE. THIS, HOWEVER, IS NOT TO SUGGEST THAT THIS CONCEPT RESULTS IN A SEEMINGLY
PERFECT RELATIONSHIP. THERE ARE ALWAYS TIMES WHEN ONE CONFRONTS CONFLICTS WHICH ARISE EITHER FROM
EXTERNALLY OR INTERNALLY DERIVED DILEMMAS. AS LONG AS IT IS THE INDIVIDUAL OR "SELF" WHICH IS TO BE
CONSIDERED, THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO COME TO TERMS WITH WHAT IS BEHIND THIS DISCORD. THERE IS A
MOMENT IN WHICH TO ABSORB THE MATTER AS IT SEEMS TO BE, AND ONE IN WHICH TO SHIFT IT INTO THE CATEGORY
OF "CONTRADICTION" WHERE IT CAN TAKE THE FORM OF RESPECT, UNDERSTANDING OR EVEN CARELESS REGARD FOR
CONSEQUENCES. ELEMENTS SUCH AS ONE'S CONCEPT OF IDENTITY, INDIVIDUALITY, ORIGINALITY, TOGETHER WITH
DESIRE, VALUE, ATTITUDE, EXPECTATION, PRIDE, ETC, HAVE BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTES,
EACH SERVING AS A FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING BLOCK OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S CHARACTER.
THIS IS THE "RELATIVITY" THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE "SELF". THE CONCEPT OF "CONTRADICTION" POSSESSES CONSIDERABLE
ENERGY AND EXISTS BETWEEN EACH OF THESE RELATIVE ELEMENTS. FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE,
I AM INTERESTED IN DESCOVERING AND EXPOSING THE INDIVIDUAL OR "SELF" THAT LIES BEYOND THESE VARIOUS
CONTRADICTIONS, AND TO ASCERTAIN PIECE BY PIECE ELEMENTS THAT DEFINE ONE'S RAISON D'ETRE.