Synopsis

In Stroboscopic noise~two lines oscillate at different frequencies and at varying distances from each other in the picture field. As the speed increases, the viewer’s eye is no longer able to perceive the movement, and afterimage effects begin to cover the individual images. This overstimulation of the eye creates three-dimensional spaces and planes. Knapp’s aesthetics define a border of sight which replies to the logic of digital apparatuses with knowledge of the psychology of perception that developed in an analogue visual world. (Reinhard Braun)

Manuel Knapp

Manuel Knapp studied painting and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. In 2001 he founded the noise-experimental formation (le) MAT together with Arnulf Rödler, and in 2003 he attended University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Electroacoustic Institute – computer music and electroacoustic media. His works include interferenzen v.01~ (2005), visibility of interim~ (2007), distorted areas~ (2008), stroboscopic noise~ (2009) among others. He lives and works in Vienna.