Recorded Assembly

“Recorded Assembly” is an interactive installation that uses biometric techniques to detect and record the faces of people standing in front of it. The portraits appear on the display so that the live images of participants are perfectly overlapped with the faces of previous visitors, creating hybrid portraits that are constantly fluctuating between one person and another, past and present. When the computers do not detect anyone, they automatically show the history of portraits captured in the past.

The piece is part of the series of biometric installations that Lozano-Hemmer has been developing for over 20 years. Face recognition is a technique often used by police, military and corporate entities to search for and find suspicious people. Here the same technology is used to create mongrel portraits that precisely hide the identity of the citizen.

General info

Year of creation:

2017

Shadow Box

Technique:

Computer, screen, camera, custom software

Power:

800W on 110-220V

Room conditions:

Public needs to be well illuminated and the artwork generates no sound

Dimensions:

Variable

Edition:

6 Editions, 1 AP

Collectors:

private collectors

Treatment

Technique:

Computer, display, camera, custom software

Dimensions:

Variable

Edition:

1 Edition, 1 AP

Exhibitions

ARCO ’24, Galería Max Estrella , Madrid, Spain, 2024.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Translation Island, Department of Culture and Tourism of Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2023 - 2024.
La imagen humana: arte, identidades y simbolismo, La Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain, 2023.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Listening Forest, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, North Forest Trail, Bentonville, Arkansas, United States, 2023.
La imagen humana: arte, identidades y simbolismo, La Fundación La Caixa, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 2022 - 2023.
La imagen humana: arte, identidades y simbolismo, La Fundación La Caixa, Zaragoza, Spain, 2022.
Recorded Assembly, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Athens, Greece, 2022.
La imagen humana: arte, identidades y simbolismo, La Fundación La Caixa, Sevilla, Spain, 2022.
La imagen humana: arte, identidades y simbolismo, La Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain, 2021 - 2022.
La imagen humana: arte, identidades y simbolismo, La Fundación La Caixa, Madrid, Spain, 2021.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Recent Works, Arsenal Art Contemporain, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2020 - 2021.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Cercanía, Arsenal Art Contemporain, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2020.
Festival de Luz y Vanguardias, Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, 2017.