Voice Array
Subsculpture 13
As a participant speaks into an intercom, his or her voice is automatically translated into flashes of light and then the unique blinking pattern is stored as a loop in the first light of the array. Each new recording pushes all previous recordings one position down and gradually one can hear the cumulative sound of the 288 previous recordings. The voice that was pushed out of the array can then be heard by itself.
Commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
General info
Treatment
Ten meters version
Technique:
intercom, array of lights (typically 10 LED batons), holosonic speaker, custom-made hardware and software
Dimensions:
covers up to 10 meters of wall, each baton is 1m wide per approx. 12cm high and 6cm thick
Additionnal info:
collector gets 10x 1m strips of LED lights and they can choose to only display any number of them in case their wall is not big enough
Edition:
6 copies + 1 AP copy
Thirty meters edition
Technique:
intercom, array of lights (typically 30 LED batons), holosonic speaker, custom-made hardware and software
Dimensions:
covers up to 30 meters of wall, each baton is 1m wide per approx. 12cm high and 6cm thick
Additionnal info:
collector gets 30x1m strips of LED lights
Edition:
1 copy + 1 AP copy
Exhibitions
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Presencia Inestable, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, México, 2019 - 2020.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Voice Array, Mexican Cultural Institute Washington D.C., Washington, D.C., United States, 2018 - 2019.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Unstable Presence, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2018.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Decision Forest, Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea, 2018.
- Sensory System, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, United Kingdom, 2015.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Obra Sonora, Carroll / Fletcher Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2014.
- Voice Array, Casa Daros Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2013 - 2014.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Vicious Circular Breathing, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013 - 2014.
- Voice Array performance by beatboxer Rahzel - The Godfather of Noyze, bitforms gallery, New York City, New York, United States, 2012.
- Copenhagen Art Festival, Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Recorders, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, 2011 - 2012.
Credits
- Gideon May - Programming, custom hardware and software
- Pierre Fournier, Sébastien Dallaire, Guillaume Tremblay, Tyson Parks - production support
Bibliography
- "Conversations", Copenhagen Art Festival 2012 exhibition catalogue, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012 (english and dansk). Text of 1 page. (Book)
- "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer PG", Prepared Guitar, Madrid, Spain, January 13th 2015 (english). Text of 43 pages. (Website)
- E-music, Neural Issue 43, Bari, Italy, 2012 (english). Text of 1 page. (Magazine)
- "In pictures: Durham's Lumiere Festival programme unveiled", ITV, London, United Kingdom, October 2nd 2013 (english). Text of 3 pages. (Newspaper)
- "08.11.13 a 09.03.14 // Rafael Lozano-Hemmer // Casa Daros // Rio de Janeiro", Baró Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil, November 2013 (português). Text of 1 page. (Website)
- "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Vicious Circular Breathing", Zero Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2013 (türkçe). Text of 1 page. (Website)
- "Borusan Contemporary", Sanat Gurusu, Istanbul, Turkey, September 14th 2013. Text of 4 pages. (Website)
- "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and the Launch of the Istanbul Biennial", Artsy, September 15th 2013 (english). Text of 1 page. (Website)
- "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Obra Sonora", Digicult, Milan, Italy, September 26th 2014. Text of 5 pages. (Website)
- "La abstracción biométrica de Lozano-Hemmer.", Más de Arte, Madrid, Spain, May 7th 2014 (español). Text of 4 pages. (Website)
- Benson, Louis, "Speakers as Pixels", Postmatter, London, United Kingdom, October 3rd 2014 (english). Text of 3 pages. (Website)
- Campbell-Dollaghan, Kelsey, "A Digital Artist Combines Ghostly Light Shows And Beatboxing", Fast Co Deisgn, United States, 2013 (english). Text of 3 pages. (Website)
- Daniel, Daria, "Hirshhorn director Melissa Chiu recruits 8 new trustees for Washington D.C. museum", Artnet News, New York City, New York, United States, March 16th 2015 (english). Text of 3 pages. (Website)
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- Fong, Cherise, "News from New York: Mechanical Ghosts", Digitalarti Magazine No. 11, Paris, France, November 2012 (english). Text of 1 page. (Magazine)
Lewandowska Cummings, Basia, "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Carroll/Fletcher, London", Frieze Magazine, London, United Kingdom, January 1st 2015 (english). Text of 3 pages. (Magazine)
- Maia, Karina, "Arte que transforma som em luz", O Dia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 3rd 2013 (português). Text of 2 pages. (Newspaper)
- Mallol, Miguel, "Las obras de Rafael Lozano Hemmer llegan a la Galería Carroll & Fletcher", El Ibérico, London, United Kingdom, October 13th 2014 (español). Text of 2 pages. (Newspaper)
- Pastor, Elena, "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Abstracción biométrica", Blackroom Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela, September 10th 2014 (español). Text of 7 pages. (Website)
- Rojas Torres, Jesus Manuel, "WUM News London: Obra Sonora, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's debut at Carroll/Fletcher", WUM An online journal for the arts, Miami, Florida, United States, October 16th 2014 (english). Text of 2 pages. (Website)
Rosamond, Emily, "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Obra Sonora", Esse Arts+Opinions Magazine, Montréal, Québec, Canada, January 1st 2015 (english and français). Text of 5 pages. (Magazine)
- Sandikci, Didem., "Nefes Alan, Yasayan Calismalar", Artam, Istanbul, Turkey, November 2013 (türkçe). Text of 6 pages. (Magazine)
- Sterling, Bruce, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, 'Voice Array, Last Breath, and Open Air., Wired, San Francisco, California, United States, September 7th 2012 (english). Text of 2 pages. (Magazine)
- Templar Lewis, Katherine, "These Soundscapes Turn National Statistics Into a Maze of Noise", Vice Motherboard, London, United Kingdom, October 1st 2014 (english). Text of 5 pages. (Website)
Walder, Paul, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: fragmentos de un código fuente. Rafael Lozano Hemmer: fragments of a source code., Art.es, Spain, 2012 (english and español). Text of 34 pages. (Magazine)
Photo library (click to expand)
2018 - Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
2014 - Carroll / Fletcher Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2013 - Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 - Bitforms gallery, New York City, United States
2011 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia