Kurt Ralske

Kurt Ralske is a Manhattan-based video artist and composer. His work is exclusively created with his own custom software, written in C, Java, Max.MSP, and Nato.0+55. His work involves the expressive improvisation of both sound and image, simultaneously and in real-time. He has performed at museums, galleries, and theaters throughout Europe, Canada, and the US. His performance "Ur.02" was awarded honors at Transmediale International Media Arts Festival in Berlin in February 2002. In a review of Kurt's performance "Radical Low" at Merce Cunningham Studio in New York City, the New York Times praised his "compelling, ingenious alliance of sound and motion" and his "technological wizardry". Kurt is a member of the "real-time video improvisation ensemble" 242.pilots (together with HC Gilje and Lukasz Lysakowski) who have completed two tours of Europe and Canada. The 242.pilots DVD "Live in Bruxelles" was released on the Carpark imprint in November 2002, and has been nominated for Image Award at Transmediale.03 Festival in Berlin.

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