Talk with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer about his work, the evolution of art and his active role in museums, architecture and public space.
At the end, there is a space for questions and answers.
This conversation with contemporary artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer about his work begins with a tour of new projects in development at his studio Antimodular, as well as a review of previous works.
Lozano-Hemmer discusses the changes that have occurred over time in museums and art, reflecting on how we have moved from the act of entering a museum to be inspired by a painter's artwork to an inversion of the artwork, where the artwork expects you to do something interesting with it. He raises the idea that influencing architecture and public space is not only possible but also a radical action.
At the end, there is time for questions and answers. For those who were unable to join us for this talk, you can visit our YouTube channel.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer was born in Mexico City in 1967. He was the first artist to officially represent Mexico at the Venice Biennale with Algunas cosas pasan más veces que todo el tiempo (Some Things Happen More Often Than All of the Time). Pulse is his third monographic exhibition in Mexico City.
Lozano-Hemmer develops interactive installations that are at the intersection of architecture and performance art. His main interest is in creating platforms for public participation, by using technologies applied to art in order to reflect, question and dialog about relevant actuality themes.
His large-scale interactive installations have been commissioned for events such as the Millennium Celebrations in Mexico City (1999), the Cultural Capital of Europe in Rotterdam (2001), the UN World Summit of Cities in Lyon (2003), the opening of the YCAM Center in Japan (2003), the memorial for the Tlatelolco Student Massacre in Mexico City (2008), the Winter Olympics in Vancouver (2010), and the pre-opening exhibition of the Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi (2015).
Recently the subject of solo exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the MUAC Museum in Mexico City, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. He has also shown at Art Biennials and Triennials in Havana, Istanbul, Kochi, Liverpool, Montréal, Moscow, New Orleans, Seville, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Sydney. Collections holding his work include the MoMA (New York), Tate (London), AGO (Toronto), Jumex (Mexico City), DAROS (Zurich), Borusan Contemporary (Istanbul), MUAC (Mexico City), 21st Century Museum of Art (Kanazawa), MAC (Montreal) and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), to mention some.
He has received several recognitions like two BAFTA British Academy Awards for Interactive Art in London, a Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica in Austria, an International Bauhaus Award in Dessau, the title of Compagnon des Arts et des Lettres du Québec in Québec. He has lectured at Princeton, Harvard, UC Berkeley, MIT MediaLab, Guggenheim Museum, LA MOCA, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Cornell and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others.
He lives in Montreal, Canada where he has his studio.
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Arte Abierto inicia su programa de mediación y comunicación educativa 2022 con una conversación entre la investigadora y escritora Irmgard Emmelhainz y Sebastien Noel de Troika, tomando la exposición No Sound of Water como punto de partida. Abordarán los temas presentes en este proyecto, como el Antropoceno, y harán diferentes lecturas y cuestionamientos (Materialist Realism / Philosophy of Matter / Art as Image).
Irmgard Emmelhainz transmitirá en vivo desde No Sound of Water en Arte Abierto.
