Timothy Nohe

Work samples

Glassy_Radiolarian

Permanent pigment print, 16" x 16" framed Speculative artificial intelligence rendering seeded by a natural language prompt

Available for Purchase

Framed, $300
Zero Feet Zero Inches (2020)

A datamosh video employing materials sourced from historic footage at archive.org. This piece features a performance of Variations V by John Cage, with the Merce Cunningham Company and Apollo footage from NASA. Sound created on a modular synthesizer, using recordings of John Cage as foundational elements. This work is linked to Bell labs Mosh through the common thread of Stan Vanderbeek, who created imagery for the original Variations V performance, which was broadcast in West Germany. Video and sound synthesis by Timothy Nohe.
ART/SOUND/Now: Walters Sculpture Court - Live August 22, 2019 by Timothy Nohe

Live recording of a site responsive work produced for two sopranos choreographed through the Sculpture Court of the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, August 22, 2019. Bonnie Lander and Allison Clendaniel, sopranos. Electro-acoustic music for two bluetooth speakers, Timothy Nohe.
Biosphere (2019) by Timothy Nohe

Electro-acoustic music for LucidBeings Dance. This score was composed and recorded by Timothy Music, blending the soprano voice of Dharna Noor, field recordings, and electronic music elements composed and sequenced by the artist.

About Timothy

Baltimore City - Station North A&E District

Timothy Nohe's artistic process is rooted in a DIY ethos, tracing back to the early days of Punk and the hacker culture, where intellectual discoveries were shared, and collaboration thrived through hands-on approaches in problem-solving, distribution, and presentation. This connection to communities emphasizes direct public engagement both inside and outside traditional art spaces, fostering a commitment to collaboration, improvisation, and abstraction in music and the visual arts. Based in… more

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Speculative Flora

An exploration of speculative plant forms using artificial intelligence natural language image generators

Sweet pea encircled 1

Sweet pea encircled 1
Sweet pea encircled 2

Sweet pea encircled 2
Spiral Sweet Pea

Spiral Sweet Pea
Thriving sweet peas

Thriving sweet peas
Black Locust

Black Locust
Apple blossom tessellated grid

Apple blossom tessellated grid
Lemon blossom repose

Lemon blossom repose
Asymmetrical poison ivy and berries

Asymmetrical poison ivy and berries
Magnolia Grid 2

Magnolia Grid 2
Magnolia Grid 1

Magnolia Grid 1

Most Curious Sojourners

Artificial intelligence image engines now allow artists to imagine renderings that proceed from simple text prompts. For instance: "/image small red fox leaps over a wooden fence, in the style of a Gainsborough painting." This still somewhat "alien" artmaking technology has been applied to produce the images presented here. These alien sojourners from the fictive past are visiting from an unpredictable future where neural networks will reshape our world and experiences as humans.

Sojourner 1

Permanent pigment print, 12" x 12" framed Speculative artificial intelligence rendering
Sojourner 2

Permanent pigment print, 12" x 12" framed Speculative artificial intelligence rendering
Sojourner 3

Permanent pigment print, 12" x 12" framed Speculative artificial intelligence rendering
A lighter than air craft, which silently drifted over a wheat-field and fled with dispatch

Permanent pigment print, 12" x 12" framed Speculative artificial intelligence rendering
There, in the night, aglow and radiant in silence

Permanent pigment print, 12" x 12" framed Speculative artificial intelligence rendering
The drovers and farmer folk could attest that this was no apparition

Permanent pigment print, 12" x 12" framed Speculative artificial intelligence rendering

Zero Feet, Zero Inches

A datamosh video employing materials sourced from historic footage at archive.org. This piece features a performance of Variations V by John Cage, with the Merce Cunningham Company and Apollo footage from NASA. Sound created on a modular synthesizer, using recordings of John Cage as foundational elements. This work is linked to Bell labs Mosh through the common thread of Stan Vanderbeek, who created imagery for the original Variations V performance, which was broadcast in West Germany. Video and sound synthesis by Timothy Nohe.

Zero Feet Zero Inches (2020)

A datamosh video employing materials sourced from historic footage at archive.org. This piece features a performance of Variations V by John Cage, with the Merce Cunningham Company and Apollo footage from NASA. Sound created on a modular synthesizer, using recordings of John Cage as foundational elements. This work is linked to Bell labs Mosh through the common thread of Stan Vanderbeek, who created imagery for the original Variations V performance, which was broadcast in West Germany. Video and sound synthesis by Timothy Nohe.

Bell Labs Mosh (2018)

Bell Labs Mosh (2018), total running time 05:12. Part of a video series that examines the early information age, this industrial film was produced at Bell Labs and represents early experiments in rendering human speech and the "Poem Fields" computer animation work of Stan Vanderbeek and Kenneth Knowlton. Many of the inventions predicted within this video area a reality and commonplace, as accessible as our mobile phone. The original industrial film was made available under Creative Commons license, at archive.org. This data-moshing work was created while in residence at Signal Culture, Owego, NY.

Installed in the Electronic Gallery, Salisbury University, July 16 - October 25, 2018.

Bell Labs Mosh (2018)

Bell Labs Mosh (2018), total running time 05:12. Part of a video series that examines the early information age, this industrial film was produced at Bell Labs and represents early experiments in rendering human speech and the "Poem Fields" computer animation work of Stan Vanderbeek and Kenneth Knowlton. Many of the inventions predicted within this video area a reality and commonplace, as accessible as our mobile phone. The original industrial film was made available under Creative Commons license, at archive.org. This data-moshing work was created while in residence at Signal Culture, Owego, NY. Installed in the Electronic Gallery, Salisbury University, July 16 - October 25, 2018. Exhibited at Electronic Gallery, Salisbury University, July 16 - October 25, 2018. Screened as interstitital video during Livewire 9 concerts, October 26-27, 2018, Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC.

At or Near the Melting Point (2017-2018)

36 television remote controls dipping in chocolate, included in Voltage is Signal: Analog Video Works by Timothy Nohe, Kohl Gallery, Washington College, November 9 - December 15, 2017, and, the Electronic Gallery at SalisburyUniversity, July 16 - October 25, 2018.

At or Near the Melting Point, (2017-2018), chocolate dipped TV remotes

At or Near the Melting Point, (2017-2018), chocolate dipped TV remotes
At or Near the Melting Point, (2017-2018), chocolate dipped TV remotes

At or Near the Melting Point, (2017-2018), chocolate dipped TV remotes
At or Near the Melting Point, (2017-2018), chocolate dipped TV remotes

At or Near the Melting Point, (2017-2018), chocolate dipped TV remotes
At or Near the Melting Point (2017), installation view
At or Near the Melting Point (2017), installation view
At or Near the Melting Point (2017), installation view

Light Well for James Turell (2017)

Light Well for James Turrell (2017), employed analog video and sound synthesis to evolve in real-time dynamic and shifting sound and light patterns that immersed a room in vivid hues. Four analog CRT tv monitors screened opening and closing concentric circles of deeply saturated color. Installed at the Kohl Gallery at Washington College with four matched CRTs, November 9 - December 15, 2017.

Light Well for James Turrell, (2017)

Installation view of one of four CRT analog video monitors.
Light Well for James Turrell, (2017)

View of four CRT analog video monitors, analog modular audio and video synthesizer, powered audio speakers reproducing the audio patch.
Light Well for James Turrell, (2017)

View from above of the discrete space where the system was installed.
Light Well for James Turrell, (2017)

Video color transforms over a long time cycle, mixing chroma and value to a central "well."
Light Well for James Turrell (2017)

Close up of the analog modular sound and video synthesizer patch cable network.
Light Well for James Turrell, (2017)

Excerpt of Light Well for James Turrell (2017), analog video and sound synthesis. Installed at the Kohl Gallery at Washington College with four matched CRTs, November 9 - December 15, 2017.

Entr’acte-Interact (2017)

Entr’acte-Interact (2017), interactive HD video synthesis system triggered by audience members improvising with a microphone and two infrared sensors that triggered a drum machine. The installation featured a drum machine, animation system and stereo speakers. Installed at the Kohl Gallery, Washington College, November 9 - December 15, 2017.

Entr’acte-Interact (2017)

Entr’acte-Interact (2017) interactive HD video synthesis system triggered by a microphone and two infrared sensors, stimulating a drum machine and animation system. Installed at the Kohl Gallery, Washington College, November 9 - December 15, 2017.

Electron Drawing – Visual Music (2017)

Electron Drawing – Visual Music was installed at Light City as a public art commission on the Art Walk. The piece employed analog modular synthesis sound which simultaneously produced live vector graphic video that was captured by a HD camera fed directly to a 12’ by 9’ LED jumbotron wall. Audience members shaped the sound and the drawings through two motion infrared motion sensors, and these were inset into two custom lasercut boxes produced by the artist.

Electron Drawing - Visual Music, Light City Documentation April 7, 2017

Documentation of Electron Drawing - Visual Music, installed at Light City Baltimore, Maryland, USA. March 30 - April 8, 2017. Analog modular synthesizer, two wireless infrared sensors in lasercut interfaces, vintage hacked Vectrex game machine, HD camera, stereo PA system and LED wall.
Electron Drawing - Visual Music, Light City

View of the LED Wall "Jumbotron"
Electron Drawing - Visual Music, Light City

Kids interacting with the wireless infrared sensors to shape the sound and drawings.
Electron Drawing - Visual Music, Light City

Shaping sound and drawings in real time with a touchless interface.
Electron Drawing - Visual Music, Light City

Behind the scenes at Light City, this view shows the synth, camera and Vectrex game console that displayed the live "electron drawings"
Screen capture, Electron Drawing - Visual Music

Evolving drawing captured from screen of the Vectrex.
Electron Drawing - Visual Music, Light City

Screen capture
Electron Drawing - Visual Music, Light City

Screen capture of Electron Drawing - Visual Music

Matter, Energy, Human

Matter, Energy, Human (repertory version), Deep Vision Dance Company, Nicole A. Martinell, director and choreographer. Commissioned original 40 and 20 minute dance score composed by Timothy Nohe, scored for friction percussion, boy soprano, analog and wavetable synthesizers, e-bow guitar, and samples. Performers - Timothy Nohe: analog and digital synthesizers, sample sequencing, shortwave, ebow guitar; Shelly Purdy: friction percussion; Ruskin Nohe-Moren, boy soprano.

Matter, Energy, Human (2016-17) by Timothy Nohe

Matter, Energy, Human (repertory version), Deep Vision Dance Company, Nicole A. Martinell, director and choreographer. Commissioned original 40 and 20 minute dance score composed by Timothy Nohe, scored for friction percussion, boy soprano, analog and wavetable synthesizers, e-bow guitar, narrators, and samples. Performers - Timothy Nohe: analog and digital synthesizers, sample sequencing, shortwave, ebow guitar; Shelly Purdy: friction percussion; Ruskin Nohe-Moren, boy soprano. Tour dates include: Theater Project, Baltimore, April 15-17, 2016; Artscape, Baltimore, MD July 17, 2016; Community Education Center Philadelphia, PA, February 18th and 19th, 2017; Atlas Performing Arts Center (Intersections Festival), Washington, DC, February 25th and 26th, 2017; Baltimore Theatre Project, Baltimore, MD, March 17th and 18th, 2017.

CosmonautOp (2016)

Analog video synthesis and found footage digitally composited with Rutt/Etra Video Synthesizer analog raster manipulation, and Paik/Abe Wobbulator transformations. Video produced while in residence at Signal Culture, Owego, NY.

Installed:
Architectural Video Screen at Wall Academic Center, Van Every Smith Galleries at Davidson College, Davidson, NC, November 15, 2018 - February 6, 2019.

Screened at:
Livewire 9, UMBC, October 27 - 28, 2018, concert interstitial video, Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall. The Agency of Art: Visual Arts @ 50, University Art Gallery, Mandeville Center, Univerity of California San Diego, April 12 – May 17, 2018. Vigil, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, April 30 and Worlds in Collusion at Artscape 2016.

Exhibited:
Electronic Gallery, Salisbury University, July 16 - October 25, 2018. Kohl Gallery, Washington College, November 9 - December 15, 2017.

CosmonautOp

CosmonautOp screen capture.
CosmonautOp-02.jpg

Screen capture.
CosmonautOp (2016)
CosmonautOp (2016)
CosmonautOp (2016)

Screen cap, CosmonautOp
CosmonautOp (2016)

Color, TRT 20:00 with original sound score by the artist. Analog video synthesis with digital compositing. Scaled to HD video, 720P.