Redundant Assembly
In "Redundant Assembly" an arrangement of several cameras composes a live-portrait of the visitor from six perspectives simultaneously, aligned using face detection. The resulting image is uncanny, detached from the laws of symmetry and the depth perception of binocular vision. If several visitors are standing in front of the work, a composite portrait of their different facial features develops in real time, creating a mongrel "selfie".
A version of the work for public space includes a time-component that allows the face blending to take place mixing present and the past. Face recognition is a technique often used by police, military, and corporate entities to search for and find suspicious or target people. Here the same technology is used to confuse portraits and emphasize the artificiality and arbitrariness of identification.
General info
Exhibitions
- Open Codes. We Are Data, Azkuna Zentroa Alhóndiga Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain, 2019 - 2020.
- Relations, Kunstkraftwerk, Leipzig, Germany, 2018 - 2019.
- Seeing Now, 21C Museum, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 2018 - 2019.
- B3 Biennial of the Moving Image, Four Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, 2017.
- Aproximacions Creatives - Collecció BEEP d'Art Electrònic, Museo Salvador Vilaseca, Reus, Spain, 2017 - 2018.
- Sin Título (Untitled), Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 2017.
- KM3, Quartier des Spectacles Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2017.
- ARCO '17, Colección BEEP, Madrid, Spain, 2017.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Preabsence, Haus der Elektronischen Künste Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 2016.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Lapsus Lumen, bitforms gallery, New York City, New York, United States, 2015.
Credits
- Stephan Schulz - Custom hardware and software
- Pierre Fournier, Andreas Schmelas - Production support
Bibliography
- "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer 'Preabsence' at House of Electronic Arts, Basel", Mousse Magazine, Milan, Italy, June 23rd 2016 (english). Text of 7 pages. (Magazine)
- "Das Haus für elektronische Künste in Münchenstein zeigt Werke von Rafael Lozano-Hemmer", Badische Zeitung, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, June 10th 2016 (deutsch). Text of 2 pages. (Newspaper)
- Bosco, Roberta, "Arco Beep premia a Lugán por su obra radical", El País, Madrid, Spain, February 26th 2017 (español). Text of 2 pages. (Newspaper)
- Chardon, Elisabeth, "A Bâle, des ouvres qui pulsent au rythme de votre coeur", Le Temps, Genève, Switzerland, August 8th 2016 (français). Text of 2 pages. (Newspaper)
- Da Silva, Jose, et al., "Six shows to see during Art Basel", The Art Newspaper, London, United Kingdom, June 14th 2016 (english). Text of 5 pages. (Newspaper)
- Önol, Isin, "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer ve Kolektif Bellek", Artful Living, Istanbul, Turkey, July 28th 2016 (türkçe). Text of 11 pages. (Website)
- Roffiel, Othiana, "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Cuando el retrato se convierte en paisaje", Artishock, Chile, June 21st 2016 (español). Text of 12 pages. (Website)