The Year's Midnight
"The Year's Midnight" is an interactive installation that shows the viewers' image on screen, unprocessed, except for plumes of white or black smoke that emanate from their eye sockets until the whole display is filled with a dense smog. Live and recorded eyeballs extracted from the video accumulate on the bottom of the display, similar to traditional representations of St. Lucy. The project's name is the beginning of John Donne's "A Nocturnal Upon St. Lucy's Day, Being the Shortest Day", a mournful poem which inspires this work.
General info
Technique:
display, computer, digital webcam, custom software
Dimensions:
55in display
Edition:
6 copies + 1 AP copy
Exhibitions
- Charged, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Canada, 2019 - 2020.
- You Are Here: Light, Color, and Sound Experiences, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 2018.
- Universal Exhibition - Expo 2017, Art Pavilion at Expo 2017, Astana, Kazakhstan, 2017.
- From Selfie to Self-Expression, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2017.
- Digital Revolution, Zorlu Performing Arts Centre, Istanbul, Turkey, 2016.
- Digital Revolution, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece, 2015 - 2016.
- Public Art Fund Spring Benefit, New York City, New York, United States, 2015.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: A Draft of Shadows, Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden, 2014 - 2015.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Signos e Índices, NC-arte, Bogotá, Colombia, 2014 - 2015.
- Digital Revolution, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom, 2014.
- SP-arte Fair, Baró Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil, 2014.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: The Year's Midnight, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2014.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Vicious Circular Breathing, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013 - 2014.
- Art Rock Festival, Saint-Brieuc, France, 2013.
- 0 to 60: The Experience of Time through Contemporary Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 2013.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Trackers, Fundación Telefónica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012.
- Voice Array performance by beatboxer Rahzel - The Godfather of Noyze, bitforms gallery, New York City, New York, United States, 2012.
- C2-MTL Conference, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2012.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: X no es la nueva Y, Galería OMR, Mexico City, México, 2012.
- Migration, ARNDT Gallery, Sydney, Australia, 2012.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Recorders, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, 2011 - 2012.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Trackers, La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France, 2011.
- Art Hong Kong, bitforms gallery, Hong Kong, China, 2011.
- Art Brussels, Galería OMR, Brussels, Belgium, 2011.
- Zona MACO, Centro Banamex, Mexico City, México, 2011.
Credits
- Conroy Badger - programming
- Stephan Schulz, Guillaume Tremblay, Tyson Parks - production support
- Seeing Machines - FaceAPI tracking engine
Bibliography
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Photo library (click to expand)
2018 - You Are Here: Light, Color, and Sound Experiences, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, United States
2017 - Universal Exhibition - Expo 2017, Art Pavilion at Expo 2017, Astana, Kazakhstan
2014 - NC-arte, Bogotá, Colombia
2012 - Fundación Telefónica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2012 - Galería OMR, Mexico City, México
2012 - Bitforms gallery, New York City, United States
2011 - La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France
2011 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia