Since
its creation in 1999, raster-noton has been exploring minimalist
experimental sound. Raster-noton resulted from the merging
of two labels, rastermusic, founded by Olaf Bender and Frank
Bretschneider at Chemnitz, Germany, in 1996, and noton.archiv
für ton und nichtten, founded by Carsten Nicolai, also in Chemnitz,
in 1995. The investigations by raster-noton on sound frequencies
and sequences are principally developed in the field of music, yet
also overflow into the visual arts with much talent. Their work
places an importance on minimal and modular graphic work, thanks
to the skill of the graphic designer Olaf Bender, as well as the
experimental pieces by the artist Carsten Nicolai - better known
in the world of electronic music under the pseudonym of Alva or
Alva Noto -, whose reputation is already well established.
At attitudes, the exhibition by raster-noton is polymorphous. An 8 metre long neon light, White line white, whose intensity vary depending on the energy flow generated from an original musical composition, is suspended, separating the room in two. A new wallpaper piece, of which the motifs are the graphic symbols of the sound texture, is presented. We also discover an up-dated version of Telefunken version 2 by Carsten Nicolai. This piece is composed of three synchronised flat screens on which are transmitted the dynamic movement of lines issued from an electronic signal. The archives of raster-noton is also presented via various media: firstly their publications, characterised by highly stylised graphics, the music CD's produced by the label - which are diffused via i-pod - and the Archiv 1, a collection of micro-films illustrating the aesthetics and concept of raster-noton. This is shown on a micro-film reader designed by the company Carl Zeiss Jena at a time when the computer was nothing more than a future dream.
The exhibition of raster-noton is a collaboration between attitudes and La Bâtie, Festival de Genève. Thanks to Eric Linder, Olivier Suter and all the staff of La Bâtie, and also Sharp Electronic (Suisse). raster-noton.about Rastermusic/noton is a cooperative of electronic music labels based in Germany. In 1999, artists from the labels rastermusic and noton.archiv für ton und nichtton joined forces thus taking the first step towards a collaboration uniting sound and artistic design. Rastermusic was founded by Olaf Bender and Frank Bretschneider in 1996 at Chemnitz, Germany. The main part of their research was dedicated to repetitive minimalist music, solely generated by computers. From the beginning, the notion of series underlined each creation. In order to highlight the idea behind the music, little emphasis is attached to the personality of the artist. In 1998, Frank Bretschneider left the rastermusic label and since then Olaf Bender has been responsible for rastermusic. noton.archiv für ton und nichtton was founded at Chemnitz, Germany, in 1995 by Carsten Nicholai as a platform for conceptual and experimental projects in the domain of music and the visual arts. After publishing, the still ongoing, clear series in 1996, the idea of a conceptual CD magazine emerged and the project was finally realised in 1999 as the first collaboration by raster-noton: "20 minutes to 2000". In the year 2000, it won the Golden Nica Ars Electronica award (Linz/Austria) in the digital music category. Today, raster-noton consider themselves to be an open collective of artists working in multimedia on the periphery between pop, art and science. Olaf Bender lives and works as a freelance musician and graphic designer in Chemnitz. Carsten Nicolai lives and works as a freelance musician and artist in Berlin. Frank Bretschneider lives and works as a freelance musician in Berlin. internet
: http://www.raster-noton.de/
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