242.pilots

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242.pilots were a live video improvisation ensemble consisting of HC Gilje, Kurt Ralske and Lukasz Lysakowski, which performed at various international festivals and venues between 2001 and 2004.

Utilizing their own custom software, 242.pilots expressively improvise rich, layered video works in real-time (both as a trio, and as soloists). The performance software created by Gilje, Lysakowski, and Ralske allows video to be controlled on-the-fly in a fluid and expressive manner. Improvising as a group, the three artists respond to and interact with each other's images in a subtle and intuitive way. Images are layered, contrasted, merged, and transformed. The degree of interplay and unspoken communication between the artists is akin to the best free jazz ensembles.^[1]

242.pilots invited various musicians to create the live soundtrack for the performance. Collaborators have included: Justin Bennett, Kelly Davis, Tim Hecker.

In 2002 they released a DVD on New York label Carpark Records, based on a performance recorded in Brussels. The following year the DVD won the image award at Transmediale in Berlin.

Discography[]

• "242.pilots live in Bruxelles", (DVD, Carpark Records, cprk21,2002)
• "Wanna Buy a Craprak?", (appeared on CD compilation, Carpark Records, cprk23,2003)

Selected performances[]

• Guggenheim, Bilbao March 2004
• MUTEK, Montreal May 2003
• The American Museum of Moving Image, New York City May 2003
• Transmediale, Berlin February 2003
• Ultima Festival, Oslo October 2002
• Taktlose Festival, Bern September 2002
• Galapagos,New York City June 2002
• Petite Theatre Mercelis, Brussels February 2002
• club transmediale, Berlin February 2002
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal October 2001
• Impakt Festival, Utrecht October 2001
• Steim Institute, Amsterdam October 2001

References[]

External links[]

• Mirror of former 242.pilots website
• Lukasz Lysakowski official website
• Justin Bennett official website