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The subject of my work has a lot to do with general, artistic matters, questions like: What is creativity? Where do we come from? What are our motors? What is coincidence? What is logic?

~Alva Noto

Topics: Artistic Coincidence Come Creativity General Like Logic Lot Matters Motors Our Questions Subject Where Work

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There is always room for coincidence.

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Topics: Always Coincidence Room

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I try to keep a balance between conceptional or intellectual comprehension and emotional understanding.

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Topics: Balance Between Comprehension Emotional Intellectual Keep Try Understanding

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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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Topics: Again Alone Closer Disturbing Express Expressed Images Much Only Other Overlap Perfectly Possible Some Some Things Sometimes Sound Stronger Then Things Times Visuals Want Would

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I made a lot of different experiments with tapes at that time, until I finally realized around 1995, that sound is an interesting subject for me. Ever since then sound got more and more integrated into my art works, musically as well as physically.

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Topics: Around Art Different Ever Experiments Finally Got Integrated Interesting Lot Made Me More More And More Musically Physically Realized Since Sound Subject Tapes Then Time Until Well Works

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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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Topics: Alone Always Arrange Case Expresses Hard Limited Media Medium Try Varies Want Way

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One often thinks that using 2 different things like visual and sound lead to 2 different conclusions - to a different content - but in in my case it is all one.

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Topics: Case Conclusions Content Different Different Things Lead Like Often Sound Things Thinks Using Visual

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You cannot always make such big exhibitions, because they consume too much time and energy.

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Topics: Always Because Big Cannot Consume Energy Exhibitions Make Much Time Too Too Much Too Much Time You

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When I define polarities in my work, I actually create the space between things. I point to the question I am actually interested in, without naming it.

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Topics: Actually Am Between Create Define Interested Naming Point Question Space Things Without Work I Am

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It is important for me that a certain depth and variety of both exist next to each other. I am very careful not to sacrifice the one for the other.

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Topics: Am Both Careful Certain Depth Each Exist Important Me Next Other Sacrifice Variety Very I Am

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Artist

Born: Unknown

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