Manuel Knapp

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Manuel Knapp (born May 12, 1978 ) is an Austrian visual artist , filmmaker , noise musician and composer .

biography

Manuel Knapp studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and computer music and electroacoustic media at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna .

He has been artistically active since the late 1990s and internationally since the beginning of 2000 and was co-organizer of the VELAK-gala concert series in the Vienna Konzerthaus, which was made up of former students of the Vienna Electroacoustic Institute.

From the beginning Manuel Knapp worked with black and white in the media of painting, drawing , installation , projection and mainly deals with the big old topics of art , philosophy and alchemy such as experiment , space, time, perspective, perception, light, shadow , aesthetic information and especially the line and not knowing. He began using the computer as an artistic medium in 1996 and quickly became an integral part of his work. His musical education began at the age of ten.

cosmic coincidence live in Tokyo

With Tim Blechmann he has released a number of recordings and since 2010 he has also been part of the Japanese noise formation "cosmic coincidence" (formerly CCCC ) with Hiroshi Hasegawa (ASTRO) and Rohco Hasegawa.

In 2007 he received the Diagonal Prize for the best innovative experimental film for visibility of interim ~. and in 2012 the K3 film festival award for voidov ~.

From 2007 to 2009 Knapp (sound) worked with the English writer and filmmaker Peter Lorrimer Whitehead for the film "terrorism considered as one of the fine arts", which premiered in 2009 at the Viennale in Vienna.

In 2010 he traveled to Tokyo because of his interest in noise and experimental music. He quickly built there in the Japanese Underground - Noise scene and played numerous concerts with musicians such as Zbigniew Karkowski , Hiroshi Hasegawa, Tetsuo Furudate, Government Alpha , Reiko A., Keiko Higuchi , and much more.

Further musical collaboration with Takashi Makino, Christian F. Schiller (K ​​+ ILLER), Robert B. Lisek, Kelly Churko, Cal Lyall, Daniel Buess, and many more.

"The Austrian Manuel Knapp is an extreme border crosser. Regardless of whether as a musician, filmmaker or visual artist, his tendency towards strict, reduced constructions and his fascination for the sublime is expressed in all of his artistic work. Knapp confronts us with crystalline walls of noise. Archaic and elementary As if you were being pushed under the sea by a huge wave at a raging volume, the elegance of his compositions only reveals itself when you get involved in the apocalyptic overstimulation. His live set is an acute sound event that has a direct effect on the body and our sensorium attacked. Immersive, demanding, radical ".

In 2019, At the Horizon by Manuel Knapp and Makino Takashi won the Tíos Award in the category “Best International Film” at the Ann Arbor Film Festival .

Manuel Knapp lives and works in Vienna and Tokyo .

Exhibitions, trade fair participations and festivals (selection)

FIAC Paris (FRA), Kunsthaus Graz (AUT), centrocentro Madrid (ESP), Amory Show -NYC (USA), art / basel miami beach (USA), arco madrid (ESP), freeze london (GBR), kunsthalle wien ( AUT), zona maco Mexico City (MEX), superdeluxe Tokyo (JPN), the house of art ceske budejovice (CZE), uplink factory tokyo (JPN), BIX fassade-kunsthaus graz (AUT), evento-biennale bordeaux (FRA ), disnovation festival pau (FRA), gallery grita insam vienna (AUT), georg kargl fine arts vienna (AUT), filmmuseum wien (AUT), gallery stadtpark krems (AUT), flexfest (USA), Canberra National Film and Sound Archive (AUS), european short film Festival at MIT Boston (USA), denver film festival (USA), leeds international film festival (GBR), stedelijk museum amsterdam (NLD), kontraste festival krems (AUT), european media art festival osnabrueck ( DEU), edinburgh international film festival (GBR), WRO poland (POL), international short film festival Oberhausen (DEU), EXIS seoul (COR), donaufestival krems (AUT), IFFR (NLD), Laplandia C ulture Center in Murmansk, (RUS) Masthugg Church in Göteborg (SWE), Diagonale Graz (AUT), Balta Nakts Riga (LVA), STRP Biennale Eindhoven (NLD), glasgow film festival (GBR), MIFF australia (AUS), sxsw Austin (USA), and much more.

Discography (selection)

  • `1906` cross field (moka bar) 2008
  • Manuel Knapp & Tim Blechmann - Untitled 22 (Uzusounds) 2009
  • Cci - Live At Velvet Sun Cassette, Single Sided, Limited Edition, C60 (Neon Blossom Records - NBR35) 2010
  • Proz / Junk Sick, Lathe Cut, 12 ", Limited Edition (Altered States Tapes - AST020) 2011
  • Tim Blechmann - Manuel Knapp - IV / V / VI (3xFile, FLAC, 24b) (Moka Bar) 2012
  • Tim Blechmann / Manuel Knapp - VIII (CDr, Album, Ltd) (Nada) 2013
  • Tim Blechmann & Manuel Knapp - Untitled 89 (CDr, Ltd) (Kwanyin Records) 2013
  • GOVERNMENT ALPHA / MANUEL KNAPP [Phobos And Deimos] cdr, (xerxes) 2013
  • Kelly Churko / Manuel Knapp - Nonstillness (4xFile, FLAC) (PRO-NOISE) 2013
  • Manuel Knapp / Tim Blechmann - IX (File, FLAC, 24b) (Moka Bar) 2013
  • Tim Blechmann - Manuel Knapp - XI (File, FLAC, 24) (Moka Bar) 2014
  • Tim Blechmann - Manuel Knapp - X (File, FLAC, 24) (Moka Bar) 2014
  • Tim Blechmann - Manuel Knapp - XII (File, FLAC, 24) (Moka Bar) 2014
  • AZOTH (valve records) 2016
  • Call Of Aokigahara (Cass) (Lonktaar) 2016

Filmography

  • tarantula ~ 2000 computer animation 4: 3 b / w stereo SD 5min.
  • accelerated lines ~ 2005 computer animation 4: 3 b / w stereo SD 6min.
  • interferences v.01 ~ 2005 computer animation 4: 3 b / w stereo SD10 min.
  • visibility of interim ~ 2007 computer animation 4: 3 b / w stereo SD13 min.
  • distorted areas 0.1 ~ 2008 computer animation 16: 9 b / w stereo HD4 min.
  • stroboscopic noise ~ 2009 Computer animation 16: 9 b / w stereo HD 10 min.
  • information of decay ~ 2009 Computer animation 16: 9 b / w stereo 3 channels HD 18 min. Sound by Tim Blechmann
  • voidov ~ 2012 computer animation 16: 9 b / w stereo HD 14 min.
  • 1 = ~ a 2013 computer animation 16: 9 b / w stereo HD 20 min. Sound by Zbigniew Karkowski
  • prospect of doom ~ 2013 computer animation 16: 9 b / w stereo or HD 1h48min. Sound by Tim Blechmann
  • V ~ 2013 Computer animation 35mm vertical b / w stereo, 2k b / w stereo 9.20 min.
  • voidov ~ II 2014 computer animation 16: 9 b / w stereo HD 9 min. Sound by Tetsuo Furudate
  • monolith ~ 2015 computer animation 16: 9 b / w stereo HD 28 min.
  • laws of reflection ~ 2016 computer animation 16: 9 b / w stereo HD a 10min. Series of animations for different composers. Sound by: Government Alpha , Tim Blechmann, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Cal Lyall, Zbigniew Karkowski , Kelly Churko, Tetsuo Furudate.
  • at the horizon 2017 computer animation 16: 9 b / w stereo HD 30min, collaboration with MakinoTakashi.
  • momentum ~ 142310 2017 Computer animation 16: 9 b / w stereo HD 15min.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Donaufestival: Manuel Knapp. Donaufestival, May 2, 2016, accessed on March 12, 2018 (eng).
  2. ↑ Awards in March 2019 at shortfilm.de
  3. ↑ Audiopolis: audiopolis # 10 Pure - Manuel Knapp [Sep. 2014]. In: https://www.centrocentro.org/ . centrocentro madrid, September 16, 2014, accessed on March 14, 2018 (eng).
  4. ^ Kunsthaus Graz: Manuel Knapp stroboscopic noise ~. In: https://www.museum-joanneum.at/kunsthaus-graz . Kunsthaus Graz, October 31, 2008, accessed on March 14, 2018 (German).
  5. ↑ Roland Schöny: Manuel Knapp - 0,0,0: Destabilized spaces. artmagazine, April 15, 2011, accessed on March 13, 2018 (eng).
  6. ↑ Nina Schedlmayer: Imagination animation . (No longer available online.) In: https://www.parnass.at/ . December 2, 2014, archived from the original on March 13, 2018 ; accessed on March 13, 2018 (eng). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.parnass.at
  7. ↑ Christa Benzer: Manuel Knapp and François Morellet: White spaces in the White Cube. In: https://derstandard.at . Standard, November 7, 2014, accessed March 13, 2018 (eng).
  8. ^ Donaufestival: Manuel Knapp. In: https://www.donaufestival.at/de/startseite . Donaufestival, May 5, 2016, accessed on March 14, 2018 (eng).
  9. ↑ IFFR: Manuel Knapp. In: https://iffr.com/ . International Film Festival Rotterdam, January 26, 2018, accessed on March 14, 2018 (eng).
  10. ↑ Diagonale: Prize winners. In: http://www.diagonale.at . Diagonale, March 15, 2007, accessed on March 14, 2018 (Eng).
  11. ↑ discogs: Manuel Knapp. In: https://www.discogs.com/ . Discogs, February 3, 2008, accessed March 14, 2018 (eng).
  12. ^ Richard Allen: Manuel Knapp ~ Azoth. In: https://acloserlisten.com . a closer listen, June 2, 2016, accessed March 13, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Christopher Nosnibor: Manuel Knapp - AZOTH. In: https://auralaggravation.com . Aural Aggravation, November 10, 2016, accessed on March 13, 2018 .
  14. ↑ baze.djunkiii: Manuel Knapp - Azoth [Ventil Records 004 Promo]. In: https://www.liquidskyberlin.com . December 10, 2016, accessed on March 13, 2018 (eng).
  15. ^ Marc Ries: V ~. In: http://verticalcinema.org/ . Vertical Cinema, May 6, 2013, accessed March 18, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Close, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian visual artist, filmmaker, noise musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1978