Alva NotoDE
Carsten Nicolai (born 1965 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. Inspired by scientific reference systems, Nicolai explores mathematical patterns such as grids and codes, error and random structures, as well as the phenomenon of self-organisation. In doing so, he continually breaks down the boundaries between various artistic genres.
Following his participation in documenta X (1997) and the 49th and 50th Biennale di Venezia (2001 and 2003), his works have been included in important private and public collections and presented in national and international exhibitions in renowned museums and galleries. These include major solo exhibitions at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (anti reflex, 2005), Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin (syn chron, 2005), Berlinische Galerie (tele, 2018), Kunstsammlungen Nordrhein-Westfalen (parallax symmetry, 2019) and Haus der Kunst München (transmitter / receiver - the machine and the gardener, 2022).
For the first Edition of MUTEK MX, in 2003, Caster Nikolai began to establish himself as one of the audiovisual artists at the forefront of innovation at a global level, with his alias alva noto, as Cyclo alongside Ryoj Ikeda, and as co-founder of the iconic Raster-Noton label.
MUTEK MX acknowledges the support of the Goethe Institut.
Who
Carsten NikolaI aka alva noto, German audiovisual producer and experimentalist.
Labels
Noton, Mute
Latest
HYbr:ID is Carsten Nicolai's ongoing research into heterogeneous compositional methods that converge in music by fusing geometries, dystopias and scientific references.
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Prior to his return to Mexico, Alva Noto is part of a multimedia exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome, Italy.
Links
alvanoto.com
