Announcements for friends and colleagues,
KEY OPENING DATES
o May 23: "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Unstable Presence" solo exhibition at the Musée d’art contemporain in Montreal, with 21 large-scale artworks in 1,600 m2 of space. Co-curated by Rudolf Frieling from SFMOMA and Lesley Johnstone from MAC. The show features works on loan from TATE, Borusan Contemporary, CIFO, and other collections.
o June 10: “Voice Theatre” large-scale interactive public art piece in Basel’s historic "Augusta Raurica" Roman Theatre, curated by HEK’s Sabine Himmelsbach. The piece will be presented during Art Basel and free shuttle service will be available.
o June 15: Official opening of “Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Decision Forest" solo show curated by KyoungRan Kim in the new Chipperfield-designed AmorePacific Museum of Art in Seoul, featuring 29 immersive artworks in over 3,000 m2 of space.
o June 22: “Sesiones con el Nigromante” a permanent commission for the 200 anniversary of the birth of Mexican poet Ignacio Ramírez el Nigromante, done in collaboration with Jesusa Rodríguez and actor Damián Alcázar, in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
o September 29: "Solar Equation” major installation at the Koolhaas-designed atrium of the Musée National de Beaux Arts in Québec, curated by Bernard Lamarche.
o October 23: "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Pulse" solo exhibition covering the entire 2nd floor of the Hirshhorn Museum in DC, curated by Stéphane Aquin.
o October 31: "Border Tuner" huge public art piece to interconnect El Paso - Ciudad Juárez with bridges of light, microphones and loudspeakers. Curated by Kerry Doyle from the Rubin Center in El Paso and Alejandro Morales from Proyectos Impala in Ciudad Juárez.
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ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
oo “Zoom Pavilion” at “Future Shock” group show (curator: Irene Hofmann), Site Santa Fe, until May 7.
o “Level of Confidence” at “Digital Dynamics 2018” group show, The Museum, Kitchener until May 13.
o “Surface Tension” at “Art in the Age of the Internet” group show, ICA, Boston, until May 20.
o “Level of Confidence” at “Global Positioning System Not Working” group show at Akademie der Künste der Welt, Cologne, until Jun 9.
o “First Surface” at “L'Invention de Morel” group show, Maison Amérique Latine, Paris, until Jul 21.
oo “Bifurcation, 1984x1984 and TYM” at “You are Here” group show (curator: Linda Dougherty), NCMA, Raleigh, until Jul 22.
o “The Year’s Midnight” at “Twilight” group show (curator: Necmi Sönmez), until Aug 19.
ooo “Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Decision Forest” solo show (curator: KyoungRan Kim), until Aug 23.
o “Redundant Assembly” at “Relations” at Kunstkraftwerk, Leipzig, until Feb 24.
ooo “Colorimeter” at Maison Manuvie, 900 de Maisonneuve, Montréal, ongoing.
o “Please Empty Your Pockets” at “Mouse in the Machine”, Thoma Foundation, Santa Fé, ongoing.
o “Surface Tension” at “From Ferron to BGL”, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, ongoing.
o “Bifurcation” at PHI Centre, Montreal, ongoing.
o "Zero Noon" installation for Fidelity HQ, Boston, ongoing.
o “1984x1984” Currier Museum of Art, Manchester NH, ongoing.
o “1984x1984" Fidelity HQ, London, ongoing.
o "Fiducial Voice Beacons" installation, Information Age Gallery, Science Museum, London, ongoing.
o “Bilateral Time Slicer Intermix” and “Redundant Assembly” 21C Hotel Museum, Nashville, ongoing.
o “Pulse Room” at Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, ongoing.
UPCOMING
ooo “Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Unstable Presence” solo show (curators: Rudolf Frieling and Lesley Johnstone), MAC, Montréal, May 23 - Sep 10.
oo “Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Voice Theatre” installation at the Augusta Raurica Roman Theatre, Basel, Jun 9 - Jul 1.
ooo Official launch “Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Decision Forest” solo show (curator: KyoungRan Kim), Jun 15.
o “Sesión con El Nigromante” collab. with Jesusa Rodriguez, permanent installation, San Miguel de Allende, Jun 22.
o “Please Empty Your Pockets” at MCA, Chicago, Jun 23 - Oct 14.
oo “Solar Equation” (curator: Bernard Lamarche) at MNBAQ, Quebec City, Sep 27 - Jan 2019.
ooo “Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Pulse” solo show (curator: Stéphane Aquin) at Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, Oct 24 - Spring 2019.
o “Anamorphicon” at ZERO Festival, Dusseldorf, Oct 2018.
ooo “Border Turner / Sintonizador Transfronterizo” (curators: Kerry Doyle and Alejandro Morales) interactive installation connecting El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, Oct 31 - Nov 17.
IN PREP
oo Permanent installation for Museo de la Memoria y Tolerancia, Mexico City
oo Performance platform for Rahzel
ooo Project for ACNUR / UNHCR
oo Outdoor sculpture project for Indianapolis
ooo Outdoor sculpture project for Tazlar
ooo New piece for MIF
ooo Solo shows in USA, Mexico and Brazil.
LINKS
On “Decision Forest” exhibition:
Moon So-Young, Korea JoonaAng Daily
https://is.gd/pphO0X
Sedaily
https://is.gd/6HP00h
Oh My News
https://is.gd/HqfEQc
Beauty Hankook
https://is.gd/f67oVF
Money Today
https://is.gd/QTjlmg
Korea Times
https://is.gd/VAwGc2
Diodeo
https://is.gd/2wcno8
BS Today
https://is.gd/SxZou3
Naver News
https://is.gd/yWXqZ4
Art1
https://is.gd/Ov3jZz
Daljin
https://is.gd/rrKY51
Zum
https://is.gd/TAOrTF
Artre
https://is.gd/HbA6Fa
bitforms
https://is.gd/rZj4q1
Yonhap News
https://is.gd/H92fmC
On other shows:
Artforum on “Future Shock” exhibition
https://is.gd/2St3KF
Artforum on “Art in the Age of the Internet” exhibition
https://is.gd/x2S5S1
Lourdes Zambrano, Reforma on new upcoming projects
https://is.gd/fIRwqr
Adam Bisby, The Globe and Mail on “Colorimeter”
https://is.gd/dpsJh4
Future\Pace
https://is.gd/StpSxB
Niki McNeill, Indy Week on “1984x1984”
https://is.gd/18lhkO
Digicult on “Unstable Presence” solo exhibition
https://is.gd/kO5sKl
Evenfrog on “Voice Theatre”
https://is.gd/SSRg2t
MAC on “Unstable Presence”
https://is.gd/4Rd0dV
Oliver Béland-Côté, Echos Montreal on “Unstable Presence” solo exhibition
https://is.gd/I8UmdC
bitforms on upcoming exhibitions
https://is.gd/rZj4q1
Website for “Megalodemocrat” documentary film
https://is.gd/BQqwN9
John Bailey, The Sydney Morning Herald on “Wilson Must Go”
https://is.gd/NUVCxJ
HeK on “Voice Theatre”
https://is.gd/ic00ia