Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
dal 14/10/2008 al 28/11/2008
Segnalato da
14/10/2008
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Haunch of Venison Yard, London
Lozano-Hemmer's work uses highly sophisticated technology to embody complex and poetic ideas about public space, surveillance, architecture, audience interaction and performance. Using robotics, projections, sound, internet and cell-phone links, sensors and other devices, his installations aim to provide what he has described as temporary anti-monuments for alien agency.
Haunch of Venison is delighted to announce its first exhibition with the Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, one of the world's leading electronic artists.
Lozano-Hemmer has become widely known for creating large-scale installations in exhibitions across Europe, Asia and America. These have included what may be the world's largest interactive artwork, 'Vectorial Elevation', in which over a million online participants have directed searchlights to create 'light sculptures' above Mexico City in 1999, Vitoria in 2002, Lyon in 2003 and Dublin in 2004.
Lozano-Hemmer's work uses highly sophisticated technology to embody complex and poetic ideas about public space, surveillance, architecture, audience interaction and performance. Using robotics, projections, sound, internet and cell-phone links, sensors and other devices, his installations aim to provide what he has described as 'temporary anti-monuments for alien agency. At Haunch of Venison the artist will show a selection of recent works, including a new installation developed specifically for the exhibition.
Much of Lozano-Hemmer's work constitutes an investigation of the ways in which the individual negotiates public space and also addresses issues around surveillance and self-representation - and as such actively invites audience participation. In the work 'Frequency and Volume', which will be shown at The Curve at the Barbican, from 9 October 18 January, powerful projectors cast the shadows of participants on to the 80m long wall of the gallery. The shadows allow the participants to use their body to scan and listen to the electromagnetic spectrum of the city - including radio, short wave, navigation signals, taxi dispatch and more. The resulting sound environment is a live composition controlled by the audience's movements.
In 2008 Lozano-Hemmer will also install public art projects in Madison Square Park, New York; Trafalgar Square, London and Tlatelolco, Mexico City. He is also exhibiting at the New Orleans, Seoul and Seville Biennials and is one of the commissioned artists for Channel 4's The Big Art project.
opening oct 15, 2008
Haunch of Venison
6 Haunch of Venison Yard - London
Free admission