[ISEA2010] Artist Statement: HC Gilje – blink, 2009

Artist Statement

Audiovisual installation

blink starts with an empty gallery space. The floor is printed in a shiny grey, the walls and ceiling are white. The physical qualities of the empty space modulate the projected image and sound.
Speakers are placed at various positions on the ceiling, bouncing sound off the surfaces of the room, creating a drone texture. A video projector is the only light source. The precisely mapped
projection is combined with reflections from the floor onto the walls of the space, and the mirroring of images from the walls onto the floor. The gallery space is transformed into a dynamic, abstract light painting.

  • HC Gilje works with realtime environments, installations, live performance, set design and
    single channel video. Gilje has presented his work through different channels all over the
    world: in concert venues, theatre and cinema venues, galleries, festivals and through several international DVD releases, including 242.pilots live in Bruxelles on New York label Carpark and Cityscapes on Paris-label Lowave. He was a member of the video-improv trio 242.pilots, and was also the visual motor of the dance company kreutzerkompani. In 2006 Gilje initiated the research project Conversations with Spaces in which he explores how audiovisual technology can be used to transform, create, expand, amplify and interpret physical spaces. hcgilje.com

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