American Museum of Moving Image PRESENTS 242.pilots

["242.pilots" <242@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

American Museum of the Moving Image
35 Avenue at 36 Street, Astoria, New York 11106

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE PRESENTS
242.pilots IN LIVE PERFORMANCE

Important new media artists and =B3software jockeys=B2 242.pilots, combine live
performance with digital audio and video processing in =B3The Computed Moving
Image in Live Performance=B2 series in May.

The computer=B9s versatility as a real-time media processing system, as well
as the emergence of the =B3VJ=B2 (or =8Cvideo jockey=B9), has made possible new
creative forms characterized by the performance of moving images with audio=
..
The American Museum of the Moving Image will explore this new art form in
"The Computed Moving Image in Live Performance," comprised of three special
events in May. The award-winning international video-art ensemble 242.pilot=
s
will perform a live improvisational concert on Thursday, May 8.

The performances and demonstrations function as an engaging primer on
audio-visual media performance, its history, and its future directions. The
events are part of <Alt>Thursdays, an ongoing series of artist talks and
performances, presented in conjunction with <Alt>DigitalMedia, the Museum's
highly acclaimed gallery space focused on creative, probing, and playful
explorations of the digital moving image and software-based art.

Thursday, May 8
7:30 p.m.
242.pilots Performance
The three artists who comprise 242.pilots, HC Gilje (Norway), Kurt Ralske
(U.S.), and Lukasz Lysakowski (Poland), use laptops and custom-made softwar=
e
in live performances to dynamically generate video and sound. Their
performance will be structured as a series of solos followed by the group
working collaboratively with a guest musician, much like a jazz ensemble, t=
o
create a layered image and soundscape. The resulting composition evolves
through creative exchange and non-verbal communication. Described by The Ne=
w
York Times as "an intriguing, compelling alliance of sound and motion," the
group's current DVD project, 242.pilots Live in Bruxelles, won the 2003
Image Award at Berlin's Transmediale festival. This event is cosponsored by
Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center. Tickets ($12 public / $8 members)
can be purchased in advance by calling the Museum at 718-784-4520.

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Location: 35 Avenue at 36 Street in Astoria.
Subway: R or V trains (weekends, R or G) to Steinway Street. N or W train t=
o
36 Avenue.
Program Information: Telephone: (718) 784-0077; Web site:
http://www.movingimage.us

The American Museum of the Moving Image occupies a building owned by the
City of New York. With the assistance of the Queens Borough President and
the Queens Delegation of the New York City Council, the Museum receives
support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Vital suppor=
t
is also provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, the National
Endowment for the Arts, the Natural Heritage Trust (administered by the New
York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation), the
National Science Foundation, corporations, foundations, and individuals.

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