Voice Array
Subsculpture 13
In “Voice Array” (Subsculpture 13), as a participant speaks into an intercom, his or her voice is automatically translated into flashes of light and then the unique blinking pattern is stored as a loop in the first light of the array. Each new recording pushes all previous recordings one position down and gradually one can hear the cumulative sound of the 288 previous recordings. The voice that was pushed out of the array can then be heard by itself.
Commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
Commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
General info
Spanish name:
Matriz de Voz
Year of creation:
2011
Ten meters version
Technique:
intercom, array of lights (typically 10 LED batons), holosonic speaker, custom-made hardware and software
Dimensions:
covers up to 10 meters of wall, each baton is 1m wide per approx. 12cm high and 6cm thick
Additionnal info:
collector gets 10x 1m strips of LED lights and they can choose to only display any number of them in case their wall is not big enough
Edition:
6 Editions, 1 AP
Collectors:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Thirty meters edition
Technique:
intercom, array of lights (typically 30 LED batons), holosonic speaker, custom-made hardware and software
Dimensions:
covers up to 30 meters of wall, each baton is 1m wide per approx. 12cm high and 6cm thick
Additionnal info:
collector gets 30x1m strips of LED lights
Edition:
1 Edition, 1 AP
Exhibitions
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Presencia Inestable, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, México, 2019 - 2020.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Voice Array, Mexican Cultural Institute Washington D.C., Washington, D.C., United States, 2018 - 2019.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Présence instable, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2018.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Decision Forest, Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea, 2018.
- Sensory Systems, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, United Kingdom, 2015.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Obra Sonora, Carroll / Fletcher Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2014.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Abstracción Biométrica, Borusan Contemporary, Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Spain, 2014.
- Voice Array, Casa Daros Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2013 - 2014.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Vicious Circular Breathing, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013 - 2014.
- Voice Array, performance by beatboxer Rahzel - The Godfather of Noyze, bitforms gallery, New York City, New York, United States, 2012.
- Copenhagen Art Festival, Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Recorders, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, 2011 - 2012.
Credits
- Programming: Gideon May
- Hardware: Gideon May
- Production Assistance: Pierre Fournier, Sébastien Dallaire, Guillaume Tremblay, Tyson Parks
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