Carsten Nicolai has earned a reputation as a highly innovative and experimental practitioner who works across installation, sound and performance

Details		Transform alvo noto audio visuals live Photo: Anna Van Kooij 2003
artist	Carsten Nicolai (Germany)
venue	Wednesday March 8, 8.30pm Elder Hall. Free admission.
url	http://www.alvanoto.com/

alva noto is the pseudonym of German audio-visual artist Carsten Nicolai. Born in the East German city of Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1965, Nicolai first studied architecture and landscape design before pursuing an interest in the theoretical properties of sound and space. Resettling in Berlin in the early '90s, Nicolai founded the experimental music label Noton.Archiv Fuer Ton Und Nichtton as a platform for his conceptual and experimental musical concerns. Carsten Nicolai has earned a reputation as a highly innovative and experimental practitioner who works across installation, sound and performance. He is in high demand and his work has been seen across Europe as well as in the United States and Japan.