Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Exhibition
Bitforms Gallery
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bitforms gallery presents the third U.S. solo exhibition with Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Best known for creating large-scale interactive installations in public spaces throughout Europe, Asia and America, Lozano-Hemmer’s kinetic sculpture Wavefunction, which made its debut at the 52nd Venice Biennial, will have its United States premiere. Running concurrently (October 24 – November 17) will be Pulse Park, a large public art installation in New York City’s Madison Square Park, the artist’s first outdoor work in the United States.
Employing technology such as robotics, sensors, cell phones, projections and custom-made devices as a means to address technology’s ubiquity rather than its newness, Lozano-Hemmer is able to reposition our interaction with everyday objects such as chairs, belts, overhead lighting or bottles and create viable locations of inquiry and interaction. The theme of surveillance is also recurring in Lozano-Hemmer’s work, and though it is at times perceived as playful and at other times violent, his installations always seek to engage the viewer in a critical way.
The installation within bitforms gallery will transform the gallery space into a responsive environment with a kinetic sculpture comprised of fifty Charles and Ray Eames-molded chairs that react to the presence of the viewer. Originally conceived by Lozano-Hemmer for the Mexican Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennial, this work reflects his broad range of interests from the mathematics of dynamic systems, the materialization of surveillance and turbulence, and the reinterpretation of the work of modern designers.
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Schedule
from October 25, 2008 to November 29, 2008