Rafael Lozano-Hemmer "Levels of Nothingness"
Guggenheim Museum
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Levels of Nothingness, an interactive light and sound piece by artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (b. 1967, Mexico City), will premiere on the occasion of the Guggenheim International Gala, a private fundraising event with four additional public performances in the Guggenheim's Peter B. Lewis Theater.
Levels of Nothingness, co-written by philosopher Brian Massumi, is inspired by Vasily Kandinsky's explorations of synaesthesia, most notably in his Yellow Sound (1912), a composition in which he proposes linking the senses using levels of abstraction. Lozano-Hemmer employs a computerized microphone to analyze live voice in real time and extract physical and linguistic data that, in turn, controls a full rig of rock-and-roll concert lights, creating a color show that surrounds the theater.
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Schedule
from September 19, 2009 to September 21, 2009
Performances start at 7:30 pm each night.
Opening Reception on 2009-09-17 from 19:30 to 20:30