No One Noise

No One Noise is an animator and illustrator who was born in 1998 and is based in Geneva. The artist’s practice is centred on digital illustration, 2D animation and sequential art. They developed a substantial body of work from 2021 through platforms such as hic et nunc and fx(hash), releasing numerous collections of digital artworks. Their output combines a refined, character focused drawing style with an interest in narrative forms, ranging from single images to short animated loops and comics with multiple pages.

The artist employs several distinct methods across their work. One area of focus is short, frame by frame 2D animation. Series like 'Delectation', for example, are made specifically to evoke what the artist calls “a sense of simple satisfaction”. Another significant part of the practice involves generative systems. The collection 'Barbarella Dollington' consists of generative portraits of broken dolls, each algorithmically combined with an ironic text to build a story. This systematic approach is complemented by manually drawn narrative works, such as the three page comic "Spain", which uses a sequential format to address the subject of domestic violence.

The conceptual foundation of the work is an exploration of what the artist terms “The contradictions and the contrasts”. No One Noise is particularly interested in the idea of kitsch and its failure, which they describe as “shattered perfection”. Citing the writer Milan Kundera, the artist states that kitsch excludes everything unacceptable from human existence. Their work therefore investigates the moment this manufactured perfection breaks, revealing the uncomfortable truths it was designed to conceal. Whether through the flawed characters of the 'Barbarella Dollington' series or the dark themes within short comics, the art consistently probes the complex relationship between surface beauty and underlying distress.