Nickolas Mohanna

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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] 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.[6] In addition to these works, he has also published a number of artist books which have served as visual accompaniments or conceptual ideas to his sonic practice on the imprint Run/Off; which he founded in 2014.[7][8] Mohanna attended San Francisco State University and went to the University of California, Davis for an MFA in Art Studio.[9][10] While there he took courses with Bob Ostertag,[11] Annabeth Rosen, Douglas Kahn, and Wayne Thiebaud.

Discography[]

Optics Japan, Slow Flow Rec, CD. 2010. 

Transmission Hue UK, Low Point, CD. 2010. 

Reflectors Australia, Preservation, CD. 2011.

Various – 14 Tracks: Kafkaesque UK, Boomkat, File, MP3, Compilation. 2011

Parallax View UK, Low Point, Ltd LP. 2013

Control Group Denmark, Metaphysical Circuits, Ltd cassette. 2013

Phase Line US, Run/Off Editions & WFMU Free Music Archive, Digital/CD. 2015

Mantis Australia, Preservation, Ltd cassette. 2016

Chroma Germany, Karlrecords, Ltd LP. 2017

Karl Marx's 200th Germany, Karlrecords, Ltd Compilation CD. 2018

Smoke US, Aagoo Records, Ltd LP. 2019

Various – The Wire Tapper 51 UK, The Wire Tapper, CD. 2019

Throwing The Chain Australia, Longform Editions, File, FLAC. 2019

Parakustiks Germany, Karlrecords, File, MP3, Album, Compilation. 2020

Artist Books / Publications[]

  • Theater. France: Kaugummi, 2010.  
  • Particles Brooklyn, New York: Medium Rare, 2010. 
  • Apparatus France: Lendroit éditions, 2011. Offset poster publication. Edition of 1000.
  • Interface  France: Lendroit éditions, 2011. ISBN 978-2-917427-11-8.
  • Floodlights. Brooklyn, New York: Oso Press, 2012. 
  • Boundaries  Los Angeles, CA: The Ice Plant, 2012. Edition of 100.
  • LAND New York, New York: Run/Off Editions, 2015. ISBN 978-1-63415-661-5.
  • Heat Death  France: Lendroit éditions, 2017. ISBN 978-2-37751-005-4.
  • Spin Group. New York, New York: Run/Off Editions, 2021. ISBN 978-1-64871-848-9.

References[]

  1. ^ "Nickolas Mohanna". MoMA PS1. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Biography". The Ice Plant.
  3. ^ Fischer, Tobias. "Battling for supremacy". Tokafi. Tokafi.
  4. ^ Catchpole, James. "Mantis/Muovia". Fluid Radio. Fluid Radio.
  5. ^ "Phase Line". Decoder Magazine.
  6. ^ Weingarten, Chistopher. "Interview". Village Voice. Village Voice.
  7. ^ "LACA Archive".
  8. ^ "Printed Matter".
  9. ^ Jones, Dave. "A show called Six". UC Davis. University News.
  10. ^ Filipinas, Rachel. "Six". California Aggie. California Aggie.
  11. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Reflectors". AllMusic. AllMusic.

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