Tape Recorders
Subsculpture 14
Rows of motorised measuring tapes record the amount of time that visitors stay in the installation. As a computerised tracking system detects the presence of a person, the closest measuring tape starts to project upwards. When the tape reaches around 3 meters high it crashes and recoils back.
Each hour, the system prints the total number of minutes spent by the sum of all visitors. Commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
General info
Spanish name:
Cintas de Grabación
Year of creation:
2011
Keywords:
Five tapes version
Technique:
5 motorised measuring tapes, kinect tracking system, computer, thermal printer, custom-made hardware and software
Dimensions:
variable
Edition:
3 copies + 1 AP copy
Twelve tapes version
Technique:
12 motorised measuring tapes, kinect tracking system, computers, thermal printer, custom-made hardware and software
Room conditions:
can be installed on a wall that measures anywhere between 4 and 8 metres long
Dimensions:
variable
Edition:
3 copies + 1 AP copy
Eighty tapes version
Technique:
80 motorised measuring tapes, kinect tracking system, computers, thermal printer, custom-made hardware and software
Room conditions:
can be installed on one or several walls as in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney
Dimensions:
variable
Edition:
1 copy + 1 AP copy
Exhibitions
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Unstable Presence, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2018.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Decision Forest, Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea, 2018.
- Looking at One Thing and Thinking of Something Else, Carroll / Fletcher Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2016.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Polímeros, Galería Max Estrella, Madrid, Spain, 2014.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Recorders, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, 2011 - 2012.
Credits
- Stephan Schulz - Programming, custom hardware and software
- Pierre Fournier, Sébastien Dallaire, David Lemieux, Tyson Parks, Guillaume Tremblay, Julie Bourgeois, Susie Ramsay - Antimodular production
Bibliography
- "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer PG", Prepared Guitar, Madrid, Spain, January 13th 2015 (english). Text of 43 pages. (Website)
- Ciociola, Chiara, New media art., Neural Issue 42, Bari, Italy, 2012 (english). Text of 1 page. (Magazine)
- Peirano, Marta, "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, el animista escéptico", El Diario, Madrid, Spain, May 13th 2014 (español). Text of 4 pages. (Website)
Photo library (click to expand)
2018 - Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
2018 - Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2011 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia