Manfred Mohr "Klangfarben"
Bitforms Gallery
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bitforms gallery presents new work from Manfred Mohr in his third solo exhibition. The recent Klangfarben series explores high-chroma representations of a calculated geometric space against a black field. The exhibition features a computer with a dual screen-based display as well as works on paper and canvas. P-486r, a steel laserglyph from 1992, and plotter drawings from his 1997 Half Plane series are also part of the exhibit.
The rules of geometry, logic, and mathematics are fundamental to the custom-authored algorithms that generate Mohr's artwork. His pieces have been based on the logical structure of cubes and
hypercubes, including the lines, planes and relationships among them since 1973. Mohr’s new series of works continue to challenge contemporary notions of fine art process and form.
klangfarben is a body of paintings and animations based on the 11-dimensional hypercube and uses diagonal paths as a compositional building block. Diagonal paths are all the combinatorial possibilities of connecting two opposite points through a hypercube network, passing through each dimension once. The reference to "klangfarben" refers to a composition technique of playing one musical note and constantly changing the instrument playing that note.
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Schedule
from December 06, 2008 to January 17, 2009
Opening Reception on 2008-12-11 from 18:30 to 20:30