Airborne Series
Shadow Box 11
The Airborne series is a set of interactive installations designed to animate literary, scientific, and philosophical texts on the subjects of entropy, complexity, chance and non-linear dynamics. As a viewer stands in front of the work a sensor creates a "heat map" of his or her body and evaporates letters of the text that scroll on screen and which become "airborne", generating turbulent movements. As the participant moves away the letters cool down and precipitate. The interaction fills the screen slowly, showing tens of thousands of letters, at which point the text fades out, and begins to scroll again from the beginning.
Airborne 1 - The Labyrinth of Fortune
Technique:
computer, 4K UHD flat display, Kinect One sensor, optional anodized aluminum and steel frame
Power:
300W on 110-240V
Room conditions:
works with natural or artificial light
Dimensions:
variable screen size, typically 65 in flat screen in portrait orientation
Additionnal info:
written in 1444 by Spanish poet Juan de Mena
Edition:
1 copy + 1 AP copy
Airborne 2 - Dissertation on the art of Combinations
Technique:
computer, 4K UHD flat display, Kinect One sensor, optional anodized aluminum and steel frame
Power:
300W on 110-240V
Room conditions:
works with natural or artificial light
Dimensions:
variable screen size, typically 65 in flat screen in portrait orientation
Additionnal info:
written in 1666 by German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
Edition:
1 copy + 1 AP copy
Airborne 3 - Ninth Bridgewater treatise
Technique:
computer, 4K UHD flat display, Kinect One sensor, optional anodized aluminum and steel frame
Power:
300W on 110-240V
Room conditions:
works with natural or artificial light
Dimensions:
variable screen size, typically 65 in flat screen in portrait orientation
Additionnal info:
written in 1837 by the English inventor and mathematician Charles Babbage
Edition:
1 copy + 1 AP copy
Airborne 4 - Ars Magna
Technique:
computer, 4K UHD flat display, Kinect One sensor, optional anodized aluminum and steel frame
Power:
300W on 110-240V
Room conditions:
works with natural or artificial light
Dimensions:
variable screen size, typically 65 in flat screen in portrait orientation
Additionnal info:
written in 1305 by the Majorcan writer and philosopher Ramon Llull
Edition:
1 copy + 1 AP copy
Airborne 5 - New Experiments with the Vacuum
Technique:
computer, 4K UHD flat display, Kinect One sensor, optional anodized aluminum and steel frame
Power:
300W on 110-240V
Room conditions:
works with natural or artificial light
Dimensions:
variable screen size, typically 65 in flat screen in portrait orientation
Additionnal info:
written in 1647 by French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal
Edition:
1 copy + 1 AP copy
Airborne 6 - Thermodynamics of Irreversible
Technique:
computer, 4K UHD flat display, Kinect One sensor, optional anodized aluminum and steel frame
Power:
300W on 110-240V
Room conditions:
works with natural or artificial light
Dimensions:
variable screen size, typically 65 in flat screen in portrait orientation
Additionnal info:
written in 1955 by Belgian physical chemist Ilya Prigogine
Edition:
1 copy + 1 AP copy
Airborne 7 - Principle of Least Time
Technique:
computer, 4K UHD flat display, Kinect One sensor, optional anodized aluminum and steel frame
Power:
300W on 110-240V
Room conditions:
works with natural or artificial light
Dimensions:
variable screen size, typically 65 in flat screen in portrait orientation
Additionnal info:
written in 1662 by French lawyer and mathematician Pierre de Fermat
Edition:
1 copy + 1 AP copy
Airborne 8 - Hypotheses in Physics
Technique:
computer, 4K UHD flat display, Kinect One sensor, optional anodized aluminum and steel frame
Power:
300W on 110-240V
Room conditions:
works with natural or artificial light
Dimensions:
variable screen size, typically 65 in flat screen in portrait orientation
Additionnal info:
written in 1902 by French Mathematician Henri Poincaré
Edition:
1 copy + 1 AP copy
Airborne 9 - Autopoiesis and Cognition
Technique:
computer, 4K UHD flat display, Kinect One sensor, optional anodized aluminum and steel frame
Power:
300W on 110-240V
Room conditions:
works with natural or artificial light
Dimensions:
variable screen size, typically 65 in flat screen in portrait orientation
Additionnal info:
written in 1973 by Chilean biologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela
Edition:
1 copy + 1 AP copy
Airborne 10 - The Problem of Increasing Human Energy
Technique:
computer, 4K UHD flat display, Kinect One sensor, optional anodized aluminum and steel frame
Power:
300W on 110-240V
Room conditions:
works with natural or artificial light
Dimensions:
variable screen size, typically 65 in flat screen in portrait orientation
Additionnal info:
written in 1900 by Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla
Edition:
1 copy + 1 AP copy
Exhibitions
- bitforms Fifteen-Year Anniversary Exhibition, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, California, United States, 2016 - 2017.
- Le Mexique des Renaissances, Grand Palais, Paris, France, 2016 - 2017.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Preabsence, Haus der Elektronischen Künste Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 2016.
- Zona MACO, Galería OMR, Mexico City, México, 2016.
- Art Basel Miami Beach, Galería OMR, Miami, Florida, United States, 2015.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Lapsus Lumen, bitforms gallery, New York City, New York, United States, 2015.
- Art Marbella, Galería Max Estrella, Málaga, Spain, 2015.
- Art Brussels, Galería Max Estrella, Brussels, Belgium, 2015.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Polynomials, Art Bärtschi & Cie, Genève, Switzerland, 2015.
- ARCO '15, Galería Max Estrella, bitforms gallery, Madrid, Spain, 2015.
Credits
- Conroy Badger - Programming
- Guillaume Tremblay, Carolina Murillo-Morales - Antimodular production
Bibliography
- "Mexique 1900-1950", Grand Palais, Paris, France, October 2016 (français). Text of 4 pages. (Website)
- "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer 'Preabsence' at House of Electronic Arts, Basel", Mousse Magazine, Milan, Italy, June 23rd 2016 (english). Text of 7 pages. (Magazine)
- Chardon, Elisabeth, "A Bâle, des ouvres qui pulsent au rythme de votre coeur", Le Temps, Genève, Switzerland, August 8th 2016 (français). Text of 2 pages. (Newspaper)
- Pangburn, DJ, "bitforms Gallery celebrates 15 years with a retrospective in San Francisco", The Creators Project, New York City, New York, United States, November 8th 2016 (english). Text of 7 pages. (Website)
- Patrick, Mitch, "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer", Gallery ELL, New York City, New York, United States, October 12th 2015 (english). Text of 9 pages. (Website)
- Reyes, Rosario, "5 obras imperdibles de Zsona Maco 2016", El Financiero, México, February 3rd 2016 (español). Text of 3 pages. (Newspaper)
- Roffiel, Othiana, "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Cuando el retrato se convierte en paisaje", Artishock, Chile, June 21st 2016 (español). Text of 12 pages. (Website)
- Rosales, Eduardo, "Los 9 imperdibles de Zona MACO 2016", Chilango, Mexico City, México, February 5th 2016 (español). Text of 6 pages. (Magazine)
- Wainwright, Jean, "Art Basel Miami 2015 - Latin American galleries", Art Review, London, United Kingdom, December 7th 2015 (english). Text of 3 pages. (Magazine)
Photo library (click to expand)
2016 - Haus der Elektronischen Künste Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2015 - Bitforms gallery, New York City, United States
2015 - Antimodular Research
