Berlin based sound artist Carsten Nicolai (aka alva.noto) has established himself as a leading force in the realm of electronic sound and visual design.

Performing live using a combination of laptops as well as dual projectors on 9m cinema screen, The Moving Image Centre, The Adelaide Bank Festival of the Arts and The Goethe-Institut are proud to bring you this exclusive showcase with Germany's finest electronic protagonist.Berlin based sound artist Carsten Nicolai (aka alva.noto) has established himself as a leading force in the realm of electronic sound and visual design.

Performing live using a combination of laptops as well as dual projectors on 9m cinema screen, The Moving Image Centre, The Adelaide Bank Festival of the Arts and The Goethe-Institut are proud to bring you this exclusive showcase with Germany's finest electronic protagonist.This will be an evening of electronic sound and visual art that encompasses both sound installation and the club domain. Nicolai's dynamic 9m projection set to his future world rhythms promises a journey into geometric sound and vision for an event that is a must see for all audiophiles.

In recent years, Carsten Nicolai has performed in major exhibition spaces including; The New York Guggenheim Museum (2000), The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2001) and the Opera of Sydney (2000). His installations were shown at the Dokumenta X in 1997 and the 2001 Venice Biennial. Nicolai has collaborated with Ryoji Ikeda (Composer for Dumb Type), Mika Vainio (member of the Finnish minimal electronic music project Pan Sonic) and Thomas Knaak (co-composer of Bjork's Vespertine album) and is now preparing a project with Ryuchi Sakamoto. In 2006 Carsten Nicolai will make his first NZ appearance performing at Auckland Galatos.

Friday March 10 - Doors - 9pm
Moving Image Centre
Galatos - 17 Galatos St
Auckland

$25 door sales only. Pre-book on 09 303 1928 or by emailing sam@galatos.co.nz

With special guests Simon Flowers (live) and Mel. Plus local video by Lotech.

www.alvanoto.com
www.mic.org.nz
www.forma.org.uk

"The German electronic-music composer Casten Nicolai makes you think about the future of music." (New York Times)