Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (born in 1967 in Mexico City) is a Mexican-Canadian electronic artist who works with ideas from architecture, technological theater and performance. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Physical Chemistry from Concordia University in Montreal. Currently, Lozano-Hemmer lives and works in Montréal and Madrid.
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Biography
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is best known for creating theatrical interactive installations in public spaces across Europe, Asia and America. Using robotics, real-time computer graphics, film projections, positional sound, internet links, cell phone interfaces, video and ultrasonic sensors, LED screens and other devices, his installations seek to interrupt the increasingly homogenized urban condition by providing critical platforms for participation. Lozano-Hemmer’s smaller-scaled sculptural and video installations explore themes of perception, deception and surveillance. As an outgrowth of these various large scale and performance-based projects Lozano-Hemmer documents the works in photography editions that are also exhibited. [1]
In 1999 he created Alzado Vectorial (or Vectorial Elevation), where internet participants directed searchlights over the central square in Mexico City.[2] The work was repeated in Vitoria-Gasteiz in 2002, in Lyon in 2003 and in Dublin in April-May 2004. He represented Mexico at the 52nd International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, with a solo show at the Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel. In 2006, Lozano-Hemmer's 33 Questions Per Minute was acquired by The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Subtitled Public (2005) is held in the Tate Collection in the United Kingdom.[3]
Awards
- BAFTA British Academy Award for Interactive Art, London, UK, 2005
- World Technology Network Award for the Arts, San Francisco, 2003[4]
- Rockefeller-Ford Fellowship, New York, 2003
- Artist/Performer of the year, Wired Magazine Rave Awards, San Francisco, 2003
- Trophée des Lumiéres, Lyon, France, 2003
- International Bauhaus Award, 1st Prize, Dessau, Germany, 2002
- BAFTA British Academy Award for Interactive Art, London, England, 2002[5]
- Gold Award, Interactive Media Design Review, I.D. Magazine, USA, 2002
- Ars Electronica, Interactive Art Distinction, Linz, Austria, 2002
- Excellence Award, Media Arts Festival, CG Arts, Tokyo, Japan, 2000
- Ars Electronica, Interactive Art Golden Nica, Linz, Austria, 2000
- SFMOMA Webby Awards, Distinction, San Francisco, 2000
- Ars Electronica, Interactive Art Honorable Mention, Linz, Austria, 1998
- Ars Electronica, Interactive Art Honorable Mention, Linz, Austria, 1995
References
- ^ Wolf Lieser. Digital Art. Langenscheidt: h.f. ullmann. 2009. pp. 252, 254-55, 261
- ^ Andreas Broeckmann in Stephen Graham, The Cybercities Reader, Routledge, 2004, p380. ISBN 0415279569
- ^ tate.org.uk
- ^ wtn.net
- ^ bbc.co.uk, October 10, 2002.
External links
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's website, includes videos, texts and images
- Website for the Mexican Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale
- An Audio Interview at the 52nd Venice Biennale on Radio Papesse
- A feature article about Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's text based work
- An Interview with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer at ARS Electronica by Randy Gladman
- OMR Gallery, Mexico City
- bitforms gallery, New York
- Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva
- Vectorial Elevation, Relational Architecture 4
- Amodal Suspension, Relational Architecture 8
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer on re-title.com
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