Summon
A bridge spans a dry ravine scattered with an array of light batons. As you speak or sing, microphones on the bridge transmit those sounds downstream as white streaks of light cascading towards the valley’s vanishing point. After a few minutes of gathering sounds, the batons at the end of the ravine glow blue, a thick fog starts to form, and a cacophonous composite of the gathered sounds slowly creeps toward the bridge.
Eventually, this wall of audio, blue light, and fog engulfs you completely. Once the moment passes, the setting becomes quiet in anticipation of a new round of sound offerings. If the forest is always listening, Summon expresses that idea in a tangible way by giving visitors back what they gave to it.
Eventually, this wall of audio, blue light, and fog engulfs you completely. Once the moment passes, the setting becomes quiet in anticipation of a new round of sound offerings. If the forest is always listening, Summon expresses that idea in a tangible way by giving visitors back what they gave to it.
General info
Year of creation:
2022
Exhibitions
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Listening Forest, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, North Forest Trail, Bentonville, Arkansas, United States, 2023.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Listening Forest, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, North Forest Trail, Bentonville, Arkansas, United States, 2023.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Listening Forest, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, North Forest Trail, Bentonville, Arkansas, United States, 2022 - 2023.
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