Pulse Index

"Pulse Index" is an interactive installation that records participants’ fingerprints at the same time as it detects their heart rates. The piece displays data for the last 765 and over participants in a stepped display that creates a horizon line of skin. To participate, people introduce their finger into a custom-made sensor equipped with a 220x digital microscope and a heart rate sensor; their fingerprint immediately appears on the largest cell of the display, pulsating to their heart beat. As more people try the piece one’s own recording travels upwards until it disappears altogether —a kind of memento mori using fingerprints, the most commonly used biometric image for identification.

The project exists in a small plasma version which features a 58 inch HD screen hung in portrait mode and in a large projection version which can be as large as desired.

General info

Spanish name:

Indice de Corazonadas

Year of creation:

2010

Standalone version

Technique:

Screen, computer, digital microscope, industrial camera, metal enclosure, custom software

Dimensions:

58 inch monitor

Keywords:

biometric, database, indoor, interactive, recorder, projection

Edition:

6 Editions, 1 AP

Collectors:

Borusan Contemporary, Daros LatinAmerica, Manchester Art Gallery, Thoma Foundation Art House Santa Fe and private collectors

Treatment version

Technique:

Projector, computer, digital microscope, industrial camera, metal enclosure, custom software

Dimensions:

Variable

Keywords:

biometric, database, indoor, interactive, recorder, projection

Edition:

1 Edition, 1 AP

Exhibitions

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Biometric Theatre, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong, China, 2023.
I’ll Be Your Mirror: Art and the Digital Screen, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 2023.
In Search of the Present, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland, 2022 - 2023.
Smart to the Core: Medium / Image, Smart Museum of Art - The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 2021.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Latidos, Arte Abierto, Mexico City, México, 2020.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Pulse, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., United States, 2018 - 2019.
Üvercinka A Selection from the Borusan Contemporary Art Collection, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey, 2018 - 2019.
Message from Our Planet, Orange Door Chicago - Thoma Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 2018 - 2019.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Decision Forest, Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea, 2018.
New Media, New Millennium: Digital Art from the Thoma Foundation, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, 2018.
Virtual Views: Digital Art from the Thoma Foundation, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida, United States, 2017.
Blood: Attract and Repel, Science Gallery Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 2017.
Virtual Views: Digital Art from the Thoma Foundation, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 2017.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Preabsence, Haus der Elektronischen Künste Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 2016.
Global Control and Censorship , Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2015 - 2016.
Luminous Flux v2.0, Thoma Foundation - Art House, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, 2015 - 2016.
Art Dubai ‘15, Carroll / Fletcher Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2015.
Blood, Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 2014 - 2015.
Luminous Flux, Thoma Foundation, Art House, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, 2014 - 2016.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Abstracción Biométrica, Borusan Contemporary, Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Spain, 2014.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Vicious Circular Breathing, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013 - 2014.
Collective II, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Genève, Switzerland, 2013.
0 to 60: The Experience of Time through Contemporary Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 2013.
Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah, United States, 2013.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Trackers, Fundación Telefónica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012.
Focal Points: Art and Photography, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2012 - 2013.
Time-Lapse, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, 2012.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Recorders, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, 2011 - 2012.
Borusan Contemporary, Perili Köşk, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011.
Extimidad, Es Baluard Museum, Palma, Spain, 2011.
Pulse Show, Beall Center, University of California, Irvine, California, United States, 2010 - 2011.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Recorders, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2010 - 2011.
Art Basel 41, Galería OMR, Basel, Switzerland, 2010.
Vigilancias Materializadas, Galería Max Estrella, Madrid, Spain, 2010.

Credits

Concept, Direction and Visuals: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Programming: Conroy Badger
Production Assistance: Stephan Schulz, David Lemieux, Karine Charbonneau and Pierre Fournier

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