Alva Noto

Musician and visual artist

1965-09-18

Alva Noto is the stage name of German artist and musician Carsten Nicolai, known for experimental electronic and audiovisual work.

Quotes by Alva Noto

You cannot always make such big exhibitions, because they consume too much time and energy.
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I always try hard to arrange all media in a way so that it expresses what I want - this is not limited to one medium alone and varies from case to case.
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Some things can be perfectly expressed by sound alone and images would only be disturbing. Other times, sound would be possible, but visuals are much stronger and closer to what I want to express and then again, they sometimes overlap perfectly.
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