The association les jardins des pilotes is dedicated to the presentation and production of outstanding pieces of art, whether as installations, performances, solo and group exhibitions, or publications.

The gardens we have in mind are delimited spaces which visitors can enter in order to have, and share, a particular experience. These can be physical spaces, indoor or outdoor, but they can also be events in time, porous areas which have in common a certain experiential consistency and intensity.

We conceive of both the visitors and the artists as ‘pilots’ who pass through these spaces – mobile subjects, frequently dependent on technologies of transportation and of mediation. The best image that we have so far found for our undertaking is that of a flying carpet – the Persian carpet being an old symbol for the Garden of Eden and representing an oasis, an island upon which to rest, a mobile site of contemplation. The flying carpet is a dream, conjured up by nomads who longed to travel fast and safe, and rest at the same time.

les jardins des pilotes was founded in 2008 and is represented by Andreas Broeckmann and Stefan Riekeles.

Andreas Broeckmann holds a PhD in Art History from the University of East Anglia, Norwich/UK, and lives in Berlin/Germany. He lectures internationally about the history of modern art, media theory, machine aesthetics, and digital culture, and has curated exhibitions and festivals at »transmediale« Berlin, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Seoul Museum of Art, and Skuc Gallery Ljubljana.

Stefan Riekeles studied audio-visual media in Stuttgart, New Media in Zurich, and Culture Studies in Berlin. Since 2002 he has been a project manager and curator for »transmediale«, festival for art and digital culture Berlin, and has curated other exhibitions and projects.