Thorsten Knaub

SIGNAGE SERIES

215 mm x 105 mm, engraved traffolyte

270 mm x 76 mm, engraved traffolyte
Exhibition view from What's Wrong? at the Trade Apratment, London

230 mm x 73 mm, engraved traffolyte
Exhibition view from What's Wrong? at the Trade Apratment, London

247 mm x 152 mm, engraved traffolyte

247 mm x 152 mm, engraved traffolyte
Exhibition view from What's Wrong? at the Trade Apratment, London

200 mm x 97 mm, engraved traffolyte

220 mm x 106 mm, engraved traffolyte

200 mm x 97 mm, engraved traffolyte

150 mm x 47 mm, engraved traffolyte

The signage series can be seen as an ongoing behavioural study to codify a possible set of rules which regulate the social space of art.

The 'signs' try to provide help and guidance within the modern art environment in an age of fast changing etiquette and attitudes.


Exhibition history:

CHOCKERFUCKINGBLOCKED
31 January – 1 March 2003
Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London

CLUB CLUB CLUB
8 June – 8 August 2002
Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France

WHAT'S WRONG?
6 October – 5 November 2001
The Trade Apartment, London

GOOD ART

Inkjet print, 50 cm x 50 cm

GOOD ART continues the theme about reflections about making art, expectations and reality.

RECURRENCE

Recurrence, The Place Theatre London, 1999

Recurrence, The Place Theatre London, 1999

Recurrence, The Place Theatre London, 1999


Recurrence - creation and editing of video imagery and sound score for multi-media dance project.
A collaborative project with with the Indian Dance Society, London.

Recurrence was awarded The Courtney & Jake Ulrich bursary by Sadler's Wells.

Choreography: Rumana Omar,
Nell Breyer and Rohini Kumar
Video & Sound: Thorsten Knaub
Costumes: Gabrielle Wills and Clothilde Aubrey
Fractal Imagery: Artmatrix, USA

Dancers: Senthamarai Satha Ananthan, Nonie Bradley, Nell Breyer and Rohini Kumar


Press:

"...integrated Indian and contemporary dance in complex patterns overlaid with... fractal images... and an innovative sampled score"   bac NEWS

"...kaleidoscopically complex design... packed with visual ideas"   The Scotsman


Performances:

National Museum
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2000

7th Biennale of Arts and Technology at Connecticut College
Video screening and Presentation/Talk at
Minds, Machines and Electronic Cultures
New London, Connecticut, USA

Resolution '99
The Place Theatre, London.

Laptop Dance Platform
The Y-Theatre, Leicester, 1998

Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Continental Shifts at St. Brides Theatre
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1998

A Chaotic Trip at Mosaic 98
Festival of Contemporary Dance
Jacksons Lane Dance Base, London

MISLAID

wok 'n' roll - studio cooking class, Wilkie Tan

wok 'n' roll - studio cooking class, Wilkie Tan

Compères, Thorsten Knaub & Marcia Farquhar


MiSlaid - an audio webcast by students from the Slade School of Fine Art in collaboration with the
MA in Electronic Communications and Publishing (UCL).

The programme included experimental music, soundworks, text pieces, interviews and stories.

Date: 4 June 1998, 9:30pm

Artists (in order of appearance):
Trine Nedreas
Cleo Broda
Luanne Tay
Wilkie Tan
Marcia Farquhar/Natasha Kidd
Tatsuo Sano
Thorsten Knaub
Dorian McFarland
Amy Cheung
Manfred Gruebl
Sari Teravaniemi
Maria Alonso Borso
Rita Castro Neves

MiSlaid jingles
by Trine Nedreas, Thorsten Knaub, Dorian McFarland