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Description
"Pulse Park" is
comprised of a matrix of light beams that graze the
central oval field of
Madison Square Park. Their intensity is entirely
modulated by a sensor that measures the heart rate
of participants and the resulting effect is the visualization
of vital signs, arguably our most symbolic biometric,
in an urban scale.
In
Pulse Park, evening visitors to Madison Square
Park have their systolic and diastolic
activity measured
by a sensor sculpture installed at the North end
of the Oval Lawn. These biometric rhythms are translated
and projected as pulses of narrow-beam light that
will move sequentially down rows of spotlights
placed along the perimeter of the lawn as each
consecutive
participant makes contact with the sensor. The
result is a poetic expression of our vital signs,
transforming
the public space into a fleeting architecture of
light and movement.
Pulse
Park is inspired by Roberto Gavaldón’s
film “Macario” (Mexico, 1960) in which
the protagonist has a hunger-induced hallucination
wherein individuals are represented by lit candles,
as well as by the minimalist musical compositions
of Conlon Nancarrow, Glenn Branca and Steve Riech.
Pulse Park is the culmination of a series that
Lozano-Hemmer debuted at the 2007 Venice Biennale
with Pulse Room.
The concept sketch was printed in an edition of 12 copies.
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Year of creation
2008
Technique
Heart rate sensor, computer,
DMX controller, custom software, dimmer rack, 200 Source
Four spotlights, generator.
Dimensions
Variable, the lawn is an oval measuring 80x60m
"Concept sketch dimensions: 80 x 50 cm"
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Exhibitions
• "Transition States" Haunch of Venison Gallery NYC, 2009 (print and video)
• Madison
Square Park, New York City 2008
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Rafael
Lozano-Hemmer, "Pulse
Park" (2008).
Madison Square Park, New York City.
03:35
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Photos
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Rafael
Lozano-Hemmer, "Pulse Park" (2008). Madison
Square Park, New York City. Photos
by James Ewing.
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Conroy Badger — programming
Pierre Fournier, David Lemieux, Natalie Bouchard,
Boris Dempsey, Stephan Schulz— Antimodular
production
Debbie Landau, Sam Rauch, Jeffrey Sandgrund, Stewart
Desmond — Mad Sq. Art production
Scharff Weisberg — Staging
Commissioned by the Madison Square
Park Conservancy
Major support for Mad. Sq. Art is provided by Founding
Partners Agnes Gund and Anonymous. Substantial
support is provided by Jill & Peter Kraus,
Leucadia Foundation, and Henry Luce Foundation.
Project support is provided by the Toby D. Lewis
Trust, Haunch of Venison, bitforms Gallery, OMR
gallery, Galerie Guy Bärtschi and the Speyer
Family Foundation. This project is supported in
part with public funds from the New York City Department
of Cultural Affairs.
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