People on People
An installation designed to displace the public’s image in real-time, creating a platform for embodiment and interpenetration. The piece consists of floor-mounted projectors that cast the shadow of the public onto a wall and another set of hanging projectors which project images inside the shadows.
As people walk around the room they see inside their shadow the live and recorded image of other visitors, while their own image is recorded for live or delayed playback inside the shadow of someone else. The piece includes high resolution surveillance cameras with face recognition and 3D tracking, turning the exhibition room into one of the world’s most advanced scanners.
People on People is a continuation of Lozano-Hemmer’s search for experiences of co-presence, platforms where live transmission affords entanglement and puppetry.
Co-commissioned by Manchester Art Gallery and Abandon Normal Devices (AND) Festival of New Cinema and Digital Culture.
General info
Exhibitions
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Recorders, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, 2011 - 2012.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Recorders, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2010 - 2011.
Credits
- Conroy Badger - programming
- David Lemieux, Stephan Schulz, Stephan Schulz, Guillaume Tremblay, Julie Bourgeois, Karine Charbonneau, Tyson Parks - Antimodular production
Bibliography
- "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer PG", Prepared Guitar, Madrid, Spain, January 13th 2015 (english). Text of 43 pages. (Website)
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- Federico, Cherie, "Digital Art and the Platforms for Participation", Aesthetica, York, United Kingdom, August 2010 (english). Text of 4 pages. (Magazine)
- Gabbatt, Adam, "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: visitor virtuoso", The Guardian, London, United Kingdom, September 17th 2010 (english). Text of 3 pages. (Newspaper)
- Smart, Alastair, "Mexico City's most artistic corners - and where to find them", The Telegraph, Chatham, United Kingdom, October 27th 2016 (english). Text of 7 pages. (Newspaper)