Carsten nicolai, 1965年出生于卡尔-马克思施塔特，德国艺术家和音乐家，现居柏林。他是在音乐、艺术和科学之间的过渡领域集中工作的艺术家一代中的一员。在他的作品中，他试图通过使声音和光的频率等科学现象可以被眼睛和耳朵感知，来克服人类感官感知的分离。受科学参考系统的影响，尼科莱经常使用网格和代码等数学模式，以及误差、随机和自组织结构。他的装置作品具有极简主义美学，其优雅和一致性非常耐人寻味。在他参加了重要的国际展览，如documenta x和第49届、50届威尼斯双年展后，尼科莱的作品在全球范围内广泛的个展和群展中展出。
他的艺术作品与他作为音乐家的作品相呼应。在他的音乐作品中，他使用了笔名Alva noto。凭借对还原论的强烈坚持，他带领自己的声音实验进入电子音乐领域，创造了自己的符号、声学和视觉符号代码。他与Olaf bender和frank bretschneider共同创立了“raster- nonton”标签。Archiv für ton und nichtton。多样的音乐项目包括与坂本龙一、池田良司(cyclo.)、blixa bargeld或mika vainio的杰出合作。Nicolai以Alva noto的身份在欧洲、亚洲、南美和美国进行了广泛的巡演。此外，他还在纽约的所罗门·r·古根海姆博物馆、旧金山现代艺术博物馆、巴黎蓬皮杜中心和伦敦泰特现代美术馆演出。最近，Nicolai为alejandro gonzález iñárritu的最新电影《荒野猎人》配乐，这部电影获得了金球奖、英国电影学院奖和评论家选择奖的提名。
carsten nicolai, born 1965 in karl-marx-stadt, is a german artist and musician based in berlin. he is part of an artist generation who works intensively in the transitional area between music, art and science. in his work he seeks to overcome the separation of the sensory perceptions of man by making scientific phenomenons like sound and light frequencies perceivable for both eyes and ears. influenced by scientific reference systems, nicolai often engages mathematic patterns such as grids and codes, as well as error, random and self-organizing structures. his installations have a minimalistic aesthetic that by its elegance and consistency is highly intriguing. after his participation in important international exhibitions like documenta x and the 49th and 50th venice biennale, nicolai’s works were shown worldwide in extensive solo and group exhibitions.
his artistic œuvre echoes in his work as a musician. for his musical outputs he uses the pseudonym alva noto. with a strong adherence to reductionism he leads his sound experiments into the field of electronic music creating his own code of signs, acoustics and visual symbols. together with olaf bender and frank bretschneider he is co-founder of the label raster-noton. archiv für ton und nichtton. diverse musical projects include remarkable collaborations with ryuichi sakamoto, ryoji ikeda (cyclo.), blixa bargeld or mika vainio. nicolai toured extensively as alva noto through europe, asia, south america and the us. among others, he performed at the solomon r. guggenheim museum in new york, the san francisco museum of modern art, centre pompidou in paris and tate modern in london. most recently nicolai scored the music for alejandro gonzález iñárritu’s newest film, the revenant which has been nominated for a golden globe, bafta, and critics choice award.