Nickolas Mohanna Explained

Nickolas Mohanna
Origin:New York, United States
Genre:Experimental
Avant-Garde
Sound art
Free Improvisation
Video art
Sound installation
Drone
Years Active:2003 - present
Instrument:Computer, Guitar, etc.
Label:Karlrecords, Longform Editions/Preservation, Aagoo Records, Run/Off

Nickolas Mohanna is an American artist and composer based in New York.[1] His interdisciplinary practice utilizes a variety of media to explore and blur the borders between music, sound art, video and drawing.[2] Within his compositions there is a "tendency of sculpting and orchestrating a minimal array of sounds into sonically rich and spacious atmospheres."[3] Most of the sounds are sourced from local environments.[4] [5] While certain tracks "bury melodies in multiple layers of distortion to reveal their latent chromatic richness through gradually mutating textural contrast."[6] And the "consistent tone makes it all flow together like raindrops forming a lake."[7] In a Village Voice interview, he remarks that his aim is to create an "immersive stereo space where the sound would be reduced to its rawest form."[8] In addition to these works, he has also published a number of artists' books which have served as visual accompaniments, conceptual ideas, or graphic scores to his sonic practice on the imprint Run/Off; which he founded in 2014.[9] [10] Mohanna attended San Francisco State University and went to the University of California, Davis for an MFA in Art Studio.[11] [12] While there he took courses with Bob Ostertag,[13] Annabeth Rosen, Douglas Kahn, and Wayne Thiebaud.

Discography

Books / Prints

Film / Video

His video and film work have been used in both gallery installations and for live sound performances; using a range of computer animation, found video, or appropriated footage. Many of them have mirrored various sound compositions by using collage or distortion to explore electronic & acoustic processes.

Collections

His artists' books have been archived at the Franklin Furnace Archive, Whitney Museum of American Art, National Gallery of Art, Getty Research Institute, Tate Modern, Museum of Modern Art New York, Los Angeles County Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, New York Public Library (Spencer Collection), Walker Art Center, Museum Ludwig (Cologne), and the Stedelijk Museum.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nickolas Mohanna. 24 December 2010 . .
  2. Web site: Biography. The Ice Plant.
  3. Web site: Fischer. Tobias. Battling for supremacy. Tokafi.
  4. Web site: Catchpole. James. Mantis/Muovia. Fluid Radio. 22 April 2016 .
  5. Web site: Phase Line. Decoder Magazine.
  6. Cain, Nick, The WIRE, Issue 400, June 2017
  7. Masters, Mark, Bandcamp Daily
  8. Web site: Weingarten. Chistopher. Interview. Village Voice. 16 December 2011 .
  9. Web site: LACA Archive.
  10. Web site: Printed Matter.
  11. Web site: Jones. Dave. A show called Six. UC Davis. 23 May 2008 . University News.
  12. Web site: Filipinas. Rachel. Six. California Aggie. 5 June 2008 .
  13. Web site: Raggett. Ned. Reflectors. AllMusic.

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