lukasz lysakowski

242.pilots : real-time video improve ensemble

• hc gilje, (norway)
• kurt ralske, (usa)
• lukasz lysakowski, (poland)

242.pilots is a collaborative composed of three video artists and a revolving set of musicians. Using their own custom software, 242.pilots improvise rich, layered video works in real-time (both as a group and as individuals). Improvising as a group, the members respond and interact with each others images in a subtle and intuitive way, images are layered, contrasted, merged, and transformed.

The interplay and unspoken communication between the artists is akin to a free jazz ensemble. The end product is a visual conversation: a quasi-narrative exploring degrees of abstraction; a mesmerizing immersive journey through diverse landscapes.

The New York Times praised 242.pilots as "A compelling, intruiging alliance of sound and motion".

Since their inception in 2001, 242.pilots have performed at museums, galleries and theaters throughout Europe, Canada, and USA including the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, Mutek, Impakt Festival in Utrecht, NL, and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao .

Feature on 242.pilots

next previous

Agents of Seed Dispersal

The Agents project is designed to address the rapid degradation of the Earth's environment. The project focuses on reversing the unrelenting spread of asphalt and its suffocation of the natural environment. Agents proposes that the built environment is an ecosystem not an artificial territory disconnected from Earth and Nature. Conceptualizing the metropolis as an ecosystem requires its occupants to address it as a natural system with environmental thought and action.

The Agents of Seed Dispersal project consists of two separate but corresponding actions.

Animal - Zoochary propagation: the dispersal of seeds by animals.

The first action is an intervention in the urban space of post-industrial asphalt lots in which the author, as the agent of intervention, bores through their surface in order to reach the underlying earth. The penetration is intended to allow the asphyxiated earth below the barren surface to breath, and to be an opening for plant life to take root. The revived plant life in return slowly mends the underlying stifled soil and over time deterritorializes the barren asphalt by reterritorializing into a space of (green) growth.

Wind - Anemonochory propagation: the dispersal of seeds by wind.

The second action is the deployment of seed dispersing ballons over the built environment. The ballons allow seeds to be diseminated across a wide range and into areas which are restricted to public access. The released seeds embed themselves into the cracks and gaps of the urban environment in order to take root and redefine the urban environment.

next previous

Cornell University

Cornell University is a leading Ivy League university consistently ranked as having some of the top schools in the United States.

Visual & Interface Design, CSS & xHTML @ Integrated Web Services

Lead designer at Cornell University's web team. Team was responsible for redeveloping Cornell's online identity and user experience. As part of initiative, I designed and coded university global headers, templates, accessibility guidelines, and multiple domain level Cornell.edu websites.

Additionally designed and coded web projects for Cornell Law Scool, School of Hotel Administration, College of Human Ecology, and others. For all projects, defined project scope, requirements, schedules, and budgets. Developed front-end xHTML / CSS, and guided programmers in site implementation and interface functionality.

http://www.cornell.edu/

Cornell Law School

Partnered with Cornell Law School's Director of Communications to reconceptualize and redefine the Law School's online identity. Co-designed new visual identity establishing Cornell Law School as a contemporary institution connected to its Ivy League roots. Conceptualized and designed multiple interactive storytelling features - including a dynamically changing homepage hero, video modules, and interactive virtual tours. Developed site xHTML & CSS, and led a nine member team of programmers, contributors, and QA testers during the eight month development.

In an August 2009 surey of applicants, Cornell Law School outranked all other law schools in overall communications quality.

http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu

next previous

The Matrix Movie Series website

The Matrix is a trilogy of blockbuster Sci-Fi films by the Wachowski brothers.

Strategy, Art Direction & User Experience Design @ RedPill Productions

Art direction, design, and development of the Matrix movie's online identity. Single-handly created the online brand, visual design, and site information architecture for the Matrix movie website. Led a six member team in the implementation of a flexible and robust website design that cumulated in the first Matrix website, and served as the outline for the 2nd and 3rd Matrix websites. Created multiple content specific (HTML & Flash) user interfaces.

Website ranked 31 on 100hot.com list of most popular sites, chosen as "Shocked Site of the Day", and received an "A" grade, ranking higher than the movie itself, in Entertainment Weekly.

Website is no longer active after 9 years of development based on the original brand & architecture. Designed in assocation with Jason Williford

Art Direction, Motion & Visual Design

Conceived, designed, and composited title intro sequences for The Matrix Revisited DVD. Titles were developed using Adobe After Effects and Illustrator.

Branding, Graphic Design & Design Consulting

Graphic design for The Matrix Comic and design consultation for The Art of The Matrix book.

This book is a piece of art by all means. It's also very tempting; you can't look at it without picking it up. The content is great and so is the making of the book. -Raed W. Abualfia, November 12, 2009, Amazon