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. Alva Noto closedisturbexpress share on social
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. Alva Noto createdefineinterest Change image and share on social
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. Alva Noto artexperimentfinally share on social
I usually create sounds and have different generators running over it. You know you can open a word-file as a picture or the other way round. I do the same with sounds. Alva Noto createfilegenerator Change image and share on social
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. Alva Noto carefuldepthexist Change image and share on social
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. Alva Noto caseconclusioncontent Change image and share on social
I try to keep a balance between conceptional or intellectual comprehension and emotional understanding. Alva Noto balancecomprehensionconceptional Change image and share on social
You cannot always make such big exhibitions, because they consume too much time and energy. Alva Noto bigconsumeenergy Change image and share on social
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. Alva Noto arrangecaseexpress Change image and share on social
