Performer and artworks: Runa Ikeda
Performer: Frida Eun Ae Yngvesson
Soundscape and music: Shinichiro Ikeda
In the performance – Empty Set -, iyi delves into the themes of repetition, cycles, and the interplay between being and nothingness. Through seemingly random patterns and movements, something is brought into existence only to dissolve almost as quickly.
Despite the apparent repetition in the work, each cycle holds within it subtle variations, revealing that even in repetition, there is transformation. The notion that what appears as a repeated action will always carry a slight difference serves as a reminder of the impermanence and fluidity of time and existence.
In this sense, – Empty Set – becomes a meditation on how we constantly oscillate between being and nothing, creation and dissolution, and how every instant, no matter how seemingly insignificant, is an expression of the eternal cycle of being.
Salt, stones, straw, sea shells and ropes are materials being used in this performance. It was shown at Momsen35, Berlin in 2025.








