Benjamin Ikoma
non-disciplinary artist & designer
@comingsoon.space @outofspace.festival @hereandnow.society @onder.stroom
✉️ benjamin@benjaminikoma.be
Somewhere down the lake
Something magical happened
Someone called it Meer Meer
The Meer Meer Flag was made in collab with the residents of last year’s @meermeer_residency edition and got back to its original habitat.
Special thanks to @celestebuyle for sewing it all together with me.
I get in the water.
Lara makes a question mark with apples,
that she found in the grass.
A muddy catfish at the lake.
Bushfires on wood.
A lake is like the drum from the moon,
someone told me in a feverish dream.
Your mother still runs here after the goose.
You can feel her love.
Everywhere.
This place does not exist.
Let’s do a parade.
Someone who is here,
wants to put himself on fire.
I’ve heard that they`ve built a katapult
for a man who never saw a falling star.
There was also a guy here who fell from the sky.
And then he helped to clean our shit out of the toilet bins.
And then he cycled all the way home.
For years he was on the road.
He still is.
A viking with stones on fire.
The water in the lake is getting lower,
but if you want to catch the big fish,
you’ve got to go deeper.
A lake is like the drum from the moon,
someone told me in a feverish dream
Together with a fish named Su,
always chasing helicopters,
waiting for the snake lady
to arrive.
Can’t you see that everything is here already?
Why do we keep chasing helicopters?
Let’s bring the boat to the water.
Let’s dive in,
and never return.
And when we wake up,
we will take a last ride on the catfish.
Let’s have a look from the other side.
These waves might never disappear.
To all of you and the drum from the moon,
to the catfish,
to Robert Monchen,
to Meer Meer.
See you at the lake.
I get in the water.
Lara makes a question mark with apples,
that she found in the grass.
A muddy catfish at the lake.
Bushfires on wood.
A lake is like the drum from the moon,
someone told me in a feverish dream.
Your mother still runs here after the goose.
You can feel her love.
Everywhere.
This place does not exist.
Let’s do a parade.
Someone who is here,
wants to put himself on fire.
I’ve heard that they`ve built a katapult
for a man who never saw a falling star.
There was also a guy here who fell from the sky.
And then he helped to clean our shit out of the toilet bins.
And then he cycled all the way home.
For years he was on the road.
He still is.
A viking with stones on fire.
The water in the lake is getting lower,
but if you want to catch the big fish,
you’ve got to go deeper.
A lake is like the drum from the moon,
someone told me in a feverish dream
Together with a fish named Su,
always chasing helicopters,
waiting for the snake lady
to arrive.
Can’t you see that everything is here already?
Why do we keep chasing helicopters?
Let’s bring the boat to the water.
Let’s dive in,
and never return.
And when we wake up,
we will take a last ride on the catfish.
Let’s have a look from the other side.
These waves might never disappear.
To all of you and the drum from the moon,
to the catfish,
to Robert Monchen,
to Meer Meer.
See you at the lake.
I get in the water.
Lara makes a question mark with apples,
that she found in the grass.
A muddy catfish at the lake.
Bushfires on wood.
A lake is like the drum from the moon,
someone told me in a feverish dream.
Your mother still runs here after the goose.
You can feel her love.
Everywhere.
This place does not exist.
Let’s do a parade.
Someone who is here,
wants to put himself on fire.
I’ve heard that they`ve built a katapult
for a man who never saw a falling star.
There was also a guy here who fell from the sky.
And then he helped to clean our shit out of the toilet bins.
And then he cycled all the way home.
For years he was on the road.
He still is.
A viking with stones on fire.
The water in the lake is getting lower,
but if you want to catch the big fish,
you’ve got to go deeper.
A lake is like the drum from the moon,
someone told me in a feverish dream
Together with a fish named Su,
always chasing helicopters,
waiting for the snake lady
to arrive.
Can’t you see that everything is here already?
Why do we keep chasing helicopters?
Let’s bring the boat to the water.
Let’s dive in,
and never return.
And when we wake up,
we will take a last ride on the catfish.
Let’s have a look from the other side.
These waves might never disappear.
To all of you and the drum from the moon,
to the catfish,
to Robert Monchen,
to Meer Meer.
See you at the lake.
I get in the water.
Lara makes a question mark with apples,
that she found in the grass.
A muddy catfish at the lake.
Bushfires on wood.
A lake is like the drum from the moon,
someone told me in a feverish dream.
Your mother still runs here after the goose.
You can feel her love.
Everywhere.
This place does not exist.
Let’s do a parade.
Someone who is here,
wants to put himself on fire.
I’ve heard that they`ve built a katapult
for a man who never saw a falling star.
There was also a guy here who fell from the sky.
And then he helped to clean our shit out of the toilet bins.
And then he cycled all the way home.
For years he was on the road.
He still is.
A viking with stones on fire.
The water in the lake is getting lower,
but if you want to catch the big fish,
you’ve got to go deeper.
A lake is like the drum from the moon,
someone told me in a feverish dream
Together with a fish named Su,
always chasing helicopters,
waiting for the snake lady
to arrive.
Can’t you see that everything is here already?
Why do we keep chasing helicopters?
Let’s bring the boat to the water.
Let’s dive in,
and never return.
And when we wake up,
we will take a last ride on the catfish.
Let’s have a look from the other side.
These waves might never disappear.
To all of you and the drum from the moon,
to the catfish,
to Robert Monchen,
to Meer Meer.
See you at the lake.
I get in the water.
Lara makes a question mark with apples,
that she found in the grass.
A muddy catfish at the lake.
Bushfires on wood.
A lake is like the drum from the moon,
someone told me in a feverish dream.
Your mother still runs here after the goose.
You can feel her love.
Everywhere.
This place does not exist.
Let’s do a parade.
Someone who is here,
wants to put himself on fire.
I’ve heard that they`ve built a katapult
for a man who never saw a falling star.
There was also a guy here who fell from the sky.
And then he helped to clean our shit out of the toilet bins.
And then he cycled all the way home.
For years he was on the road.
He still is.
A viking with stones on fire.
The water in the lake is getting lower,
but if you want to catch the big fish,
you’ve got to go deeper.
A lake is like the drum from the moon,
someone told me in a feverish dream
Together with a fish named Su,
always chasing helicopters,
waiting for the snake lady
to arrive.
Can’t you see that everything is here already?
Why do we keep chasing helicopters?
Let’s bring the boat to the water.
Let’s dive in,
and never return.
And when we wake up,
we will take a last ride on the catfish.
Let’s have a look from the other side.
These waves might never disappear.
To all of you and the drum from the moon,
to the catfish,
to Robert Monchen,
to Meer Meer.
See you at the lake.
I get in the water.
Lara makes a question mark with apples,
that she found in the grass.
A muddy catfish at the lake.
Bushfires on wood.
A lake is like the drum from the moon,
someone told me in a feverish dream.
Your mother still runs here after the goose.
You can feel her love.
Everywhere.
This place does not exist.
Let’s do a parade.
Someone who is here,
wants to put himself on fire.
I’ve heard that they`ve built a katapult
for a man who never saw a falling star.
There was also a guy here who fell from the sky.
And then he helped to clean our shit out of the toilet bins.
And then he cycled all the way home.
For years he was on the road.
He still is.
A viking with stones on fire.
The water in the lake is getting lower,
but if you want to catch the big fish,
you’ve got to go deeper.
A lake is like the drum from the moon,
someone told me in a feverish dream
Together with a fish named Su,
always chasing helicopters,
waiting for the snake lady
to arrive.
Can’t you see that everything is here already?
Why do we keep chasing helicopters?
Let’s bring the boat to the water.
Let’s dive in,
and never return.
And when we wake up,
we will take a last ride on the catfish.
Let’s have a look from the other side.
These waves might never disappear.
To all of you and the drum from the moon,
to the catfish,
to Robert Monchen,
to Meer Meer.
See you at the lake.

Artwork for the wicked @soundslikeschntzl.
I dreamt of a herd horses drifting in a distant landscape, which felt like a perfect match for the record’s atmosphere. Go listen and see them live!
Out now via @viernulvier.gent records

Artwork for the wicked @soundslikeschntzl.
I dreamt of a herd horses drifting in a distant landscape, which felt like a perfect match for the record’s atmosphere. Go listen and see them live!
Out now via @viernulvier.gent records

Artwork for the wicked @soundslikeschntzl.
I dreamt of a herd horses drifting in a distant landscape, which felt like a perfect match for the record’s atmosphere. Go listen and see them live!
Out now via @viernulvier.gent records

Artwork for the wicked @soundslikeschntzl.
I dreamt of a herd horses drifting in a distant landscape, which felt like a perfect match for the record’s atmosphere. Go listen and see them live!
Out now via @viernulvier.gent records

Artwork for the wicked @soundslikeschntzl.
I dreamt of a herd horses drifting in a distant landscape, which felt like a perfect match for the record’s atmosphere. Go listen and see them live!
Out now via @viernulvier.gent records

Forgotten Windmills
Ceramics
On view at @comingsoon.space
During a trip to Spain I saw these abandoned windmills scattered across the landscape. Once machines of progress, now just motionless machines of a nostalgic past overtaken by new futures to come

Forgotten Windmills
Ceramics
On view at @comingsoon.space
During a trip to Spain I saw these abandoned windmills scattered across the landscape. Once machines of progress, now just motionless machines of a nostalgic past overtaken by new futures to come

Yesterday I stumbled on a series of posters I made for @klankhaven in 2024. Most of them I didn’t share yet, but seeing them together now, I really like them.
@__the_ego was throwing multiple concerts every month, so everything had to be done quick. No feedback rounds (that was the deal 😅). The speed made it chaotic, but also fun and pushed me to find ways to ease the workload by building my own design tools in TouchDesigner, p5.js and even some AI stuff.
I liked working ad-hoc, improvising on a computer and tried to make something that felt organic like a painting or the music itself, while still being clearly digital. That contradiction is what makes it work for me.

Yesterday I stumbled on a series of posters I made for @klankhaven in 2024. Most of them I didn’t share yet, but seeing them together now, I really like them.
@__the_ego was throwing multiple concerts every month, so everything had to be done quick. No feedback rounds (that was the deal 😅). The speed made it chaotic, but also fun and pushed me to find ways to ease the workload by building my own design tools in TouchDesigner, p5.js and even some AI stuff.
I liked working ad-hoc, improvising on a computer and tried to make something that felt organic like a painting or the music itself, while still being clearly digital. That contradiction is what makes it work for me.

Yesterday I stumbled on a series of posters I made for @klankhaven in 2024. Most of them I didn’t share yet, but seeing them together now, I really like them.
@__the_ego was throwing multiple concerts every month, so everything had to be done quick. No feedback rounds (that was the deal 😅). The speed made it chaotic, but also fun and pushed me to find ways to ease the workload by building my own design tools in TouchDesigner, p5.js and even some AI stuff.
I liked working ad-hoc, improvising on a computer and tried to make something that felt organic like a painting or the music itself, while still being clearly digital. That contradiction is what makes it work for me.

Yesterday I stumbled on a series of posters I made for @klankhaven in 2024. Most of them I didn’t share yet, but seeing them together now, I really like them.
@__the_ego was throwing multiple concerts every month, so everything had to be done quick. No feedback rounds (that was the deal 😅). The speed made it chaotic, but also fun and pushed me to find ways to ease the workload by building my own design tools in TouchDesigner, p5.js and even some AI stuff.
I liked working ad-hoc, improvising on a computer and tried to make something that felt organic like a painting or the music itself, while still being clearly digital. That contradiction is what makes it work for me.

Yesterday I stumbled on a series of posters I made for @klankhaven in 2024. Most of them I didn’t share yet, but seeing them together now, I really like them.
@__the_ego was throwing multiple concerts every month, so everything had to be done quick. No feedback rounds (that was the deal 😅). The speed made it chaotic, but also fun and pushed me to find ways to ease the workload by building my own design tools in TouchDesigner, p5.js and even some AI stuff.
I liked working ad-hoc, improvising on a computer and tried to make something that felt organic like a painting or the music itself, while still being clearly digital. That contradiction is what makes it work for me.

Yesterday I stumbled on a series of posters I made for @klankhaven in 2024. Most of them I didn’t share yet, but seeing them together now, I really like them.
@__the_ego was throwing multiple concerts every month, so everything had to be done quick. No feedback rounds (that was the deal 😅). The speed made it chaotic, but also fun and pushed me to find ways to ease the workload by building my own design tools in TouchDesigner, p5.js and even some AI stuff.
I liked working ad-hoc, improvising on a computer and tried to make something that felt organic like a painting or the music itself, while still being clearly digital. That contradiction is what makes it work for me.

Yesterday I stumbled on a series of posters I made for @klankhaven in 2024. Most of them I didn’t share yet, but seeing them together now, I really like them.
@__the_ego was throwing multiple concerts every month, so everything had to be done quick. No feedback rounds (that was the deal 😅). The speed made it chaotic, but also fun and pushed me to find ways to ease the workload by building my own design tools in TouchDesigner, p5.js and even some AI stuff.
I liked working ad-hoc, improvising on a computer and tried to make something that felt organic like a painting or the music itself, while still being clearly digital. That contradiction is what makes it work for me.

Yesterday I stumbled on a series of posters I made for @klankhaven in 2024. Most of them I didn’t share yet, but seeing them together now, I really like them.
@__the_ego was throwing multiple concerts every month, so everything had to be done quick. No feedback rounds (that was the deal 😅). The speed made it chaotic, but also fun and pushed me to find ways to ease the workload by building my own design tools in TouchDesigner, p5.js and even some AI stuff.
I liked working ad-hoc, improvising on a computer and tried to make something that felt organic like a painting or the music itself, while still being clearly digital. That contradiction is what makes it work for me.

Yesterday I stumbled on a series of posters I made for @klankhaven in 2024. Most of them I didn’t share yet, but seeing them together now, I really like them.
@__the_ego was throwing multiple concerts every month, so everything had to be done quick. No feedback rounds (that was the deal 😅). The speed made it chaotic, but also fun and pushed me to find ways to ease the workload by building my own design tools in TouchDesigner, p5.js and even some AI stuff.
I liked working ad-hoc, improvising on a computer and tried to make something that felt organic like a painting or the music itself, while still being clearly digital. That contradiction is what makes it work for me.

Yesterday I stumbled on a series of posters I made for @klankhaven in 2024. Most of them I didn’t share yet, but seeing them together now, I really like them.
@__the_ego was throwing multiple concerts every month, so everything had to be done quick. No feedback rounds (that was the deal 😅). The speed made it chaotic, but also fun and pushed me to find ways to ease the workload by building my own design tools in TouchDesigner, p5.js and even some AI stuff.
I liked working ad-hoc, improvising on a computer and tried to make something that felt organic like a painting or the music itself, while still being clearly digital. That contradiction is what makes it work for me.

Yesterday I stumbled on a series of posters I made for @klankhaven in 2024. Most of them I didn’t share yet, but seeing them together now, I really like them.
@__the_ego was throwing multiple concerts every month, so everything had to be done quick. No feedback rounds (that was the deal 😅). The speed made it chaotic, but also fun and pushed me to find ways to ease the workload by building my own design tools in TouchDesigner, p5.js and even some AI stuff.
I liked working ad-hoc, improvising on a computer and tried to make something that felt organic like a painting or the music itself, while still being clearly digital. That contradiction is what makes it work for me.
WHO LET THE HORSES OUT?
‘Fanta Merino’, a new full length single of 6’06” (do listen till the end!!) is OUT NOW!!
Preceding our upcoming album ‘Fata Morgana’ this song pays a small tribute to some early trance heroes like Above & Beyond and Armin Van Buuren
A tornado of horses to match the vibe, big thanks to @benjamin_ikoma for this video
Mix by @chriselmsmusic
Master by @studioschwebung
Album out on @viernulvier.gent
FULL VIDEO IN LINKTREE 🐎
Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀

Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀
Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀
Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀

Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀
Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀
Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀
Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀
Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀
Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀
Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀

Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀
Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀
Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀
Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀
Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀
Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀

Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀
Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀

Some captured moments of 2025. There were highs and lows but in the end so grateful for it all.
Dream baby dream 🍀

Poster for our NYE gathering w/ @comingsoon.space @onder.stroom at @club_frigo_archipel.
Still a few tickets left but better be quick! More info at coming-soon.space/nye
Artwork for @outofspace.festival @onder.stroom
Tweeking with feedback and other goodness in Touchdesigner 🫠
Artwork for @outofspace.festival @onder.stroom
Tweeking with feedback and other goodness in Touchdesigner 🫠
Artwork for @outofspace.festival @onder.stroom
Tweeking with feedback and other goodness in Touchdesigner 🫠
Artwork for @outofspace.festival @onder.stroom
Tweeking with feedback and other goodness in Touchdesigner 🫠

A few impressions from Radio Ludo, the radio show we hosted together with @verdonck_benjamin and @_krocky this Sunday about Ludo Abicht, during the premiere of Searching for Ludo, the new documentary of @janbeddegenoodts at @de_studio.

A few impressions from Radio Ludo, the radio show we hosted together with @verdonck_benjamin and @_krocky this Sunday about Ludo Abicht, during the premiere of Searching for Ludo, the new documentary of @janbeddegenoodts at @de_studio.

A few impressions from Radio Ludo, the radio show we hosted together with @verdonck_benjamin and @_krocky this Sunday about Ludo Abicht, during the premiere of Searching for Ludo, the new documentary of @janbeddegenoodts at @de_studio.

A few impressions from Radio Ludo, the radio show we hosted together with @verdonck_benjamin and @_krocky this Sunday about Ludo Abicht, during the premiere of Searching for Ludo, the new documentary of @janbeddegenoodts at @de_studio.

A few impressions from Radio Ludo, the radio show we hosted together with @verdonck_benjamin and @_krocky this Sunday about Ludo Abicht, during the premiere of Searching for Ludo, the new documentary of @janbeddegenoodts at @de_studio.
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