Raster-Noton

aster-noton. white line light 

a line of light, variable in it’s length (8 to 16 meters), consists of special hand-made neon 

lamps. illumination intensity responds to a specific music composition by means of an 

electric power control. a 5.1 surround system presents the piece of music to the listener 

simultaneously. 

an alternative source to regulate energy flow and illumination intensity of white line light could 

be sounds from the surroundings such as street noise. 

material und dimensions 

neontube diameter = 10 mm, length = 2000 mm 

mounting wall or ceiling mounting 

voltage 8 x 220 volt 

transport box 2400 mm x 550 mm x 600 mm, 70 kg 

insurance 5000,— euro 

to be provided 5.1 surround system (db audio, meyer), 

mixing board, cd player with loop function 

previous places of exhibition 

2002 haarlem / the netherlands 

2003 watari-um, tokyo / japan 

2004 gallery attitude, geneva / switzerland 

2005 jerwood gallery, london / united kingdom 

2005 vooruit, genth / belgium 

2006 deutschland in japan, tokyo / japan 

2006 la bf 15, lyon / france

aster-noton. walldrawing 

citylight prints (serigraphy) on affiche paper contain a pattern of motives that seem to be 

generated endlessly - an outline variation of a raster. black plastic film cuts accompany 

them. certain elements of the plastic film cut are taken of and pasted on the raster print 

following certain parameters. an overlapping structure emerges - a composition. both, 

positive (walldrawing) as well as negative (plastic film plot) structures are on display. 

walldrawing works like a wall paper. it can be adjusted to the dimensions of the 

particular room. in lyon visitors of the exhibition were involved in creating the metapatterns 

for walldrawing. 


city light poster x = 1280 mm, y = 1850 mm, affichen paper 

plastic film cut x = 1200 mm, y = 1800 mm 



insurance 200,— to 1000,— euro 

exendable items 25,— euro per platic film cut 

to be provided professional paperhanger for mounting 

previous places for exhibition 

2002 haarlem / the netherlands 







aster-noton. essential room 

essential room is a puristic space, a place of concentrated listening. the room is 

equipped with a quadraphonic audio system by german company “musikelektronik 

geithain”. the audio system is one of the best systems available on the market. it is 

recognized as a reference system throughout the world. in cooperation with “megeithain” 

raster-noton artists, such as COH, alva noto aka carsten nicolai, ryoji ikeda, 

et al., created specific quadraphonic compositions for this system. we will acoustically 

customize the room depending on the budget situation. when following the design of 

carsten nicolai the listening room can be developed into an installation, a masterpiece of 

art. 

the compositions focus on certain aspects of acoustics. they explore frequency spectra 

close to the auditory threshold, focus on spacial positioning and they confront the 

qualities of acoustic instruments with artificial, computer-generated sounds. 

a closed room with a diameter of maximum 12 meter is required. it might be necessary 

to limit admission to the room in order to present an “essential” listening experience to 

the audience. this listening room is especially suitable for inviting further artists with their 

compositions or for public lectures. 

minimal material and dimensions 

audio system 4 x rl 901k 

transport boxes 4 x 1100 mm x 1300 mm, a 40 kg 

insurance 26.000,— euro 


2006 sonar, barcelona / spain

carsten nicolai. telefunken 

since 1999 carsten nicolai constantly works on this piece. the basic idea behind 

telefunken was to manipulate the video input of a tv set by means of certain audio 

material. interferences emerge on the screen as a video display of current flow. acoustic 

wave-length find their counterpart on the glass screen. the experiment is of amazing 

simplicity and can easily be reproduced at home. the important aspect for nicolai are the 

possibilities of transformation of frequency spectra. 

the latest version of telefunken are three 50” flat screen tv sets facing the wall. so the 

visitor can only experience indirectly radiating light reflections. 


material 3x flatscreen tv set (panasonic 50” recommended) 

3x cd player, cable 

insurance ca.10.000,— euro 

previous places of exhibition (selection) 

2002 taktlos , bern / switzerland 



2005 kunsthalle schirn, frankfurt a.m. / germany 

2005 s.m.a.k, genth / belgium

aster-noton. visual archive 

a 20” micro film reader from 1978 made by carl zeiss jena was refurbished. used as a 

terminal it works as an archive which the visitor can operate on him- or herself. the artist 

collective presents on 74 din a 4 pages its projects, releases, serial concepts, references 

and visions. 


film reader 450 mm x 500 mm x 600 mm 

mounting freestanding pedestal, 500 mm x 500 mm x 800 mm 

transport box 650 mm x 950 mm x 480 mm, 30 kg (without pedestal) 








aster-noton. audio archive 

a 60 gb version of an apple i-pod was embedded in-between two acrylic glass panels. 

the visitor can access all audio titles released by the label and listen to these tracks in 

high resolution quality. the label’s catalogue comprises about 75 releases or 70 hours 

audio material. 


acrylic glass 480 mm x 500 mm x 200 mm 








aster-noton. notationsarchiv I 

supervised by carsten nicolai, notationsarchiv is the result of a cooperation of students 

of klasse systemdesign at academy of visual arts leipzig and the renowned berlin 

agency cyan. the project focused on visualization of sound, converting raster-noton 

compositions from archiv 1 compilation album into graphic notations. the results of 13 

different approaches to this task are published in a folder. 

the 13 works are pretty suitable for presentation in a classical gallery setting. public 

lectures and talks by involved artists are possible. 


posters 600 mm x 900 mm 

folders in a cardboard box, 434 mm x 312 mm x 27 mm, 2,1 kg

aster-noton. archiv für ton und nichtton 

raster-noton 

limbacher straße 270 

d-09116 chemnitz 

germany 

tel ++49. 371.35 40 25 -8 

fax ++49. 371.35 40 25 -9 

contact germany 

olaf bender 

bender@raster-noton.de 

raster office 

office@raster-noton.de 

canadian support 

praveer bajal 

pb@raster-noton.de 

www.raster-noton.de

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