[spectre] 1000 Platitudes / 33QPM

[Rafael Lozano-Hemmer]

Dear Spectres, for any of you in NYC this weekend, here is the info on my
upcoming exhibition at Bitforms Gallery.

Saludos,

Rafael

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RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER @ BITFORMS
NEW YORK DEBUT OF  ³1000 PLATITUDES² AND ³33 QUESTIONS PER MINUTE²

OPENING RECEPTION: 5 Apr 2003, 6-8PM
SHOW DATES: 3 Apr - 10 May 2003

For the past twelve years Lozano-Hemmer has been developing interactive art
installations that seek to create connective, social and performative
experiences. His "Relational Architecture" series of large-scale
interventions in public spaces has deployed new technologies and custom-made
interfaces to transform urban environments. Using robotics, real-time
computer graphics, film projections, positional sound, internet links, cell
phones, video and ultrasonic sensors, and other devices, his pieces aim to
reconnect the public sphere with an increasingly alienating urban condition.
This is his first show in a NYC gallery.
 
"1000 Platitudes": A photomontage and video project featuring words commonly
used to describe the generic globalized city. Each letter of the alphabet
was projected on a different building using the World's most powerful
projector (with 100,000 ANSI lumen intensity and images measuring up to
250x250 feet). Public housing projects, shopping malls, government
buildings, industrial wastelands and corporate headquarters were transformed
by fast tactical projections, under the radar of potential regulators. This
project was made during Lozano-Hemmer's "Huge and Mobile" (HUMO) Workshop in
Linz, Austria, in early 2003.

"33 Questions per Minute, Relational Architecture 5": Consists of a computer
program that uses grammatical rules to combine words from the dictionary,
automatically generating 55 billion unique, fortuitous questions. The
automated questions are presented at a rate of 33 per minute ‹the threshold
of legibility‹ on 21 tiny liquid crystal displays. The software has been
programmed to avoid repeating the same question, and will take over 3
thousand years to present all the possible word combinations. A keyboard
allows participants to add their own questions to the automatic flow.

Bitforms Gallery
529 west 20th street
212-366-6939

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   http://www.lozano-hemmer.com
   rafael at lozano-hemmer.com