242.pilots a live video improvisation ensemble
   
  Friday Februar 15th 2002 at 8 pm
Entrance fee: 4 to 6 EURO
   
 

242.pilots: a live video improvisation ensemble
Utilizing their own custom software created with the innovative and controversial nato.O+55 programming environment, 242.pilots expressively improvise rich, layered video works in real-time: as soloists, in duet, and as a trio. The performance software created by Gilje, Ralske, and Lysakowski allows video to be controlled in a fluid and expressive manner. In group improvisation, the three artists respond and interact with each other with ths intuitive subtlety found in ths best free ia, ensembles.
The end product is a complex visual conversation: a quasi-narrative exploring degrees of abstaction, mytho-poetic elements, the nature of the sign' synaesthesia, and raw retinal delight.
In Autumn 2001, 242.pilots performed at Steim in Amsterdam, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Montreal, at Impakt Festival in Utrecht, at Off-Corso in Rotterdam and at other locations.

  
   
     
   
     
     
 

participating artists:

242.pilots: HC Gilje [Norway] Kurt Ralske [USA] Lukasz Lysakowski [Poland]

 
   
     
  Some of their newer work also explores the uncharted territory of simultaneous audio/visual improvisation. Improvised audio might be used to generate video output, or improvised video might be used to generate audio. (Or, both control mechanisms might work simultaneously, in a feedback loop of control + controlling.) nato.O+55, "the superior expression system for mammals, is a programmers toolkit, that allows artist/programmers to create custom, personalized video software.


.... The format of 242.pilots performance:
1st half of the performance is a series of solos from Gilje, Ralske + Lysakowski.
Each pilot provides his own music, usually as part of a simultaneous audio-video improvisation.
2nd half is a trio: the video output from each pilot is layered or combined into one
seamless whole. Music for the trio section is provided live by a guest musician.
Total performance time: 1 hour 20 minutes.
This format for presentation allows the audience to absorb each pilot's distinct style,
and to compare and contrast them. Then, the component elements of the trio mix are
more easily discernable and enjoyable.

  
     
     
 

 
 

Organisation: Harald Busch for meX_intim 0012
   
   

 
   

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