void (noise4/5/6)
Carsten Nicolai
Carsten Nicolai
void (noise 4/5/6), 2006
Sound, chrome-plated glass, aluminum, silicon, rubber
140 x 130 x 8 cm
TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection
Installation view: THIS IS NOT FOR YOU. Sculptural Discourses, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria, 2006-2007
Photo: Michael Strasser, 2006 | © VEGAP, Madrid, 2026
- Date
- 2006
- Medium
- Sound, chrome-plated glass, aluminum, silicon, rubber
- Dimension
- 140 x 130 x 8 cm
- Credit
TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection
- This artwork is part of the donation and long-term loan from TBA21 to the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza.
Details
Being active in both art and music, Carsten Nicolai considers sound as a spatial phenomenon, as frequency, which thus can be defined in spatial terms. Music and sound are no alternative means of expression, but specifically the suitable material for his interest in ongoing processes, in motion.
void (noise 4/5/6) describes a series of sculptures, which attempt to seal sound in glass tubes. The work focuses not so much on the presence but rather on the life-span of noise, specifically on the questions of storage and reflection of sound within a (minimal) space.
