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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. -Born in Mexico City -Studied in Montreal, Canada -Described as an Electronic Artist -Develops interactive installations that can be described as architecture mixed with performance art. Most popular works are interactive Works in very large scales
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-Born in Mexico City -Studied in Montreal, Canada -Described as an Electronic Artist -Develops interactive installations that can be described as architecture mixed with performance art
Most popular works are interactive • Works in very large scales Many art critics are thrown off by technology based art • "Some people find my work empowering and fun. Others find it frightening," he says. "My works are on the border between being very seductive, inviting, inclusive and being predatory, ominous, Orwellian.”
Lots of use with surveillance cameras, and motion detectors • Gets inspiration from everything • Got an idea from his wifes ultra sound to Use intimate bodily information • Heart rate & finger print projected on very large screens
Participation is key with his art • "It used to be all about the viewers waiting for artwork to inspire them. Now it's the artworks that are waiting for people to feel, sense and inspire them."
Lights controlled by participants'’ voices Phillidelphia 2012 “what matters to me is that individual participants can personalize their city with their contributions.”
This piece shows the viewer's shadow revealing hundreds of tiny words that are in fact all the verbs of the dictionary conjugated in the third person.