Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, “Airborne Newscast”, 2013 (installation view, Unstable Presence, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, 2019–20); courtesy the artist and bitforms, Max Estrella, and Wilde galleries; © Rafael Lozano-Hemmer / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VEGAP, Spain; photo: Roberto Ortíz Giacomán.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Unstable Presence – SFMOMA ‘Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Unstable Presence’ explores our presence in fundamentally turbulent environments through a focused selection of 16 engaging installations. SFMOMA, April 25 –November 1, 2020.]]>
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“’Unstable Presence’ refers to the dynamic, poetic, but also disturbing turbulence that characterizes social and technical interrelations,” said Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts at SFMOMA. “Materializing on various scales, from the personal to the geopolitical, the instability of these layers of presence is powerfully echoed in the atmospheric but also sculptural installations.”
”Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Unstable Presence” additionally examines the concept of “co-presence” by highlighting how our physical presence and the natural and technological spaces we inhabit form a continuous stream of interaction. Lozano-Hemmer noted, “Presence is often associated with existence, continuity in time or material reality. The ‘unstable’ in the exhibition’s title refers to interaction, improvisation and performance. The instability brought by participation allows constant reinterpretation of the work, where many outcomes are co-present.”
The exhibition focuses on three major themes in Lozano-Hemmer’s work: observation and surveillance; text-based poetic work; and the instability of systems.
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