Inspiration:
noto lives and works in berlin, germany.
carsten nicolai, born 1965 in karl-marx-stadt, is part of an artist generation who works intensively in the transitional area between art and science. as a visual artist, nicolai seeks to overcome the separation of the sensory perceptions of man by making scientific phenomenons like sound and light frequencies perceivable for both eyes and ears. his installations have a minimalistic aesthetic that by its elegance and consistency is highly intriguing. after his participation in important international exhibitions like documenta X and the 49th and 50th venice biennale, nicolai’s works were shown in two comprehensive solo exhibitions at schirn kunsthalle frankfurt and neue nationalgalerie in berlin. nicolai had further extensive shows in hamburg, zurich and new york.
as an electronic musician carsten nicolai performs and records using the pseudonyms noto and alva noto. nicolai's powerfully synaesthetic live performances combine minimal electronic sounds and real-time visualisations.
his works captivate consistently through their elegance, simplicity and cool technicism.
alva noto has exhibited and performed in many of the world’s most prestigious spaces such as moma and solomon r. guggenheim museum new york, mot tokyo, neue nationalgalerie berlin and cac vilnius. he won a number of highly regarded prizes for art and electronic music and collaborated with the likes of ryuichi sakamoto, blixa bargeld, ryoji ikeda, mika vainio, michael nyman, thomas knak and olaf bender.
'in nicolai’s work neither music nor visual art are by-products of one another – the one calls the other into being' – rob young, modern painters, 2006
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