DAVID MUTH : VIDEO | ANTTI TOLVI : MUSIC
YEAR: 2023 | 4K | COLOUR | STEREO | 07’30”
The piece “Y-Division [ ]]” features a composition by sound artist Antti Tolvi: iterations of a distinct melodic motif are being played at slightly different speeds, resulting in a composition both harmonically simple and rhythmically complex. The generative animation by David Muth echos the timing of the melody: minimal shapes assemble themselves in nested ways with each iteration of the motif.
David Muth is an artist, musician and programmer. Having grown up in Salzburg, Austria, he relocated to the UK to study at Middlesex University, where he received an MA in Digital Arts. His artistic practice combines conceptual and process driven approaches, informed by his background in architecture. He currently lives and works in Vienna, Turku and Salzburg.
Muth’s work has been exhibited, screened and performed internationally, notably at the Musée d’Art Contemporain (Montreal), the Kiasma Museum of Modern Art (Helsinki), Ars Electronica (Linz), Le Cube (Paris), Laboral (Gijón), the Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid), the Museum der Moderne (Salzburg), and Belvedere 21 (Vienna). Institutions he has taught at include Ravensbourne University London (2001-2007), the Royal College of Art (2005-2017) and Goldsmiths University of London (since 2007).
Antti Tolvi (b. 1977 in Panelia) is a sound artist and performer from Turku, Finland. Antti has been one of the most important names in the field of experimental music scene in Finland since 2002. Antti has performed on three continents and 14 solo records have been released from Antti. Since 2016, Antti has held 18 solo exhibitions and participated in 22 group exhibitions. Freedom, peace, gratitude and minimalist aesthetics are often reflected in Anttis works which combines sound, light, wind, water, bodily sensations and living visual elements. The works have been exhibited e.g. Sibelius Museum Turku (2023), Flow festival (2022), Rovaniemi Art Museum (2022),Helsinki Juhlaviikot (2021), Musica Nova festivals (2021), Huuto Galleria HKI (2021), Helsinki Biennale (Teemu Lehmusruusu working group 2021), Pori Art Museum (2020), Titanik Gallery Turku (2019) and Sinne Gallery HKI (2017). Antti Tolvi’s work Noise and form is part of the Wihuri Foundation’s collection. Antti has also been organizing the annual Kiilan äänipäivät sound art festival on Kemiönsaari since 2014.
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