Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Recorders

Manchester, United Kingdom
September 15th, 2010 - January 30th, 2011

A large-scale solo exhibition, presenting eight to thirteen interactive pieces that underline the performative character of the public as an integral part of the artwork. In "Recorders" artworks hear, see or feel the public; they exhibit awareness and record and replay memories entirely obtained during the show. The pieces either depend on participation to exist or predatorily gather information on the public through surveillance and biometric technologies. The exhibition is meant to oscillate between the seduction of participation, preservation and inclusion, and the violence of Orwellian and ubiquitous computerized detection. In all cases the artwork compiles a database of behaviours that then becomes the artwork itself.

General info

Show type:
Museum
Included projects:
33 Questions per Minute
Autopoiesis
Close-up
Make Out
Microphones
People on People
Please Empty Your Pockets
Pulse Index
Pulse Room
Credits:
  • Conroy Badger, Gideon May and Stephan Schulz - Programming and hardware

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