Announcements for friends and colleagues,
KEY OPENING DATES
o March 7: "Prescience" solo booth with Madrid’s Max Estrella Gallery at Armory Art Fair in NYC (booth F20), with three new interactive art pieces and two other works.
o March 8: World premiere of the feature documentary “Megalodemocrat: the Public Art of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer”, filmed by Ben Duffield over 10 years in 25 cities, including work in Trafalgar Square in London, Tlatelolco in Mexico City and New York’s Park Avenue Tunnel. The film features music by Steve Reich, Michael Nyman, Batallones Femeninos, Scanner and others. It will be the opening night of the 36 Festival International du film sur l’art in Montréal.
o May 2: “Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Public Sampler" solo show curated by KyoungRan Kim in the new Chipperfield-designed AmorePacific Museum of Art in Seoul, featuring 27 large-scale immersive artworks in 1,900 m2 of space.
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 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 Stephane 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
o “Please Empty Your Pockets” at “Datumsoria” group show, ZKM, Karlsruhe, until Mar 18.
o “Surface Tension” at “Electronic Superhighway (1966-2016)” group show, MAAT, Lisbon, until Mar 19.
o “Redundant Assembly” at Beep collection (curators: R Bosco and S Caldana), Museo Salvador Villaseca, Reus, until Mar 29.
o “Inspired by Real Events” at “La Ciudad de México en el Arte” group show, Museo de la Ciudad de México, until Apr 1.
o “Last Breath” at “Corpus” group show, New Media Gallery, New Westminster, until Apr 8.
oo “Recorded Assembly” at “NGV Triennial” (curator: Simon Maidment), Melbourne, until Apr 15.
oo “Zoom Pavilion” at “Future Shock” group show (curator: Irene Hofmann), Site Santa Fe, until May 7.
o “Pulse Index” at “New Media, New Millenium” group show, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, until Apr 29.
o “Level of Confidence” at "Digital Dynamics” group show, The Museum, Kitchener, until May 13.
o “Surface Tension” at “Art in the Age of the Internet” group show (curator: Eva Respini and Jeffrey De Blois), ICA, Boston, until May 20.
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.
ooo “Colorimeter” at Manuvie, Montréal, ongoing.
o "Zero Noon" installation for Fidelity HQ, Boston, 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 Solo booth F20, Max Estrella Gallery at Armory Fair, New York City, Mar 8 - 11.
ooo “Megalodemocrat: the public art of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer” feature film by Ben Duffield, world preview at FIFA, Montreal, Mar 8.
o “Redundant Assembly” at group show, Kunst Kraft Werk, Leipzig, Mar 9 - June 9.
o “First Surface” at “L'Invention de Morel” group show, Maison Amérique Latine, Paris, Mar 16 - Jul 21.
o “Level of Confidence” at CRASSH, Cambridge, Mar 2018.
o Conversation with Samuel Bianchini and Emanuele Quinz, MAC, Montréal, Mar 21.
o “Level of Confidence” at Musée McCord, Montreal, Mar 22.
o “Flatsun” at “Unsettled” group show (curator: Joanne Northrup) at Anchorage Museum, Apr 6 - Sep 9.
o “The Year’s Midnight”, “1984 Projection” and “Bifurcation” (curator: Linda Dougherty) at NCMA, Raleigh, Apr 7 - Jul 22.
o Lecture at NCMA, Raleigh, Apr 8.
ooo “Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Decision Forest” solo show (curator: KyoungRan Kim), AmorePacific Museum of Art, Seoul, May 2 - Aug 5.
o Preview screening of “Megalodemocrat: the public art of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer”, AmorePacific Museum of Art, Seoul, May 3.
o “Level of Confidence” at group show (curator: Madhusree Dutta), Akademie der Künste der Welt, Cologne, May 9 - June 9.
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 (curator: Sabine Himmelsbach), Basel, Jun 10 - 24.
oo “Sesión con el Nigromante” collaboration with Jesusa Rodríguez and Damián Alcazar, permanent installation at Centro Cultural, San Miguel de Allende, Jun 22.
o “Please Empty Your Pockets” at MCA, Chicago, Jun 23 - Oct 14.
ooo “Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Pulse” solo show (curator: Stephane Aquin) at Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, Oct - Spring 2019.
oo “Solar Equation” (curator: Bernard Lamarche) at MNBAQ, Québec City, Sep 27 - Jan 2019.
ooo “Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Pulse” solo show (curator: Stéphane Aquin) at Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, Oct 23 - 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 18.
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
oo Installation in Shanghai
ooo Solo shows in USA, Mexico and Brazil.
LINKS
On “Megalodemocrat” movie premiere:
Movie trailer
https://is.gd/cLHhAu
Le FIFA on “Megalodemocrat” opening ceremony
https://is.gd/JpXeQ3
Monument National
https://is.gd/YpHPwZ
Le FIFA on
https://is.gd/ct99FV
QDS
https://is.gd/tShboC
Kollectif
https://is.gd/WJ1ill
CTVM
https://is.gd/XSEtxY
Carpe Diem
https://is.gd/NoCkHk
On “Unstable Presence” solo exhibition:
Ismaël Houdassine, Huffpost
https://is.gd/3ZvdTw
e-flux
https://is.gd/g1NoHv
Akimbo
https://is.gd/fCqBtu
Blouin Artinfo
https://is.gd/C4I2Ad
Cision on “Unstable Presence” solo exhibition
https://is.gd/eYs21P
On Armory Show:
The Guardian on Armory show
https://is.gd/VXevY2
Surface Magazine on Armory Show
https://is.gd/9fT3fU
Art Jaws on “Focus” section of The Armory Show
https://is.gd/GPwhvM
Barbara Victoria on “The Armory Show”
https://is.gd/DlUmOu
On “Sesiones con el Nigromante”:
Carlos García, La Jornada on “Nigromante Mortuary Mask”
https://is.gd/GNTaGb
Diario de Yucatán on “Nigromante Mortuary Mask”
https://is.gd/UbJOpw
INBA on “Nigromante Mortuary Mask”
https://is.gd/gKDMm0
La Voz de Michoacán on “Nigromante Mortuary Mask”
https://is.gd/cy1Uvv
Other links:
Elephant on “Art in the Age of the Internet” exhibition
https://is.gd/W17yxb
Sebastian Smee, SFGate on “Art in the Age of the Internet” exhibition
https://is.gd/qYpACy
Sebastian Smee, The Washington Post on “Art in the Age of the Internet” exhibition
https://is.gd/FrO0xH
Jessica Banov, The News and Observer on “You Are Here” exhibition
https://is.gd/34BIX6
NCMA on “You Are Here” exhibition talk
https://is.gd/cn41OY
Steph Harmon, The Guardian on “Wilson Must Go”
https://is.gd/Fjfcfd
Hannah Francis, The Age on “Wilson Must Go”
https://is.gd/L9ZljL
Sud Plateau on “L’Invention de Morel” exhibition
https://is.gd/DIfSvs
Art Jaws on “Electronic Superhighway” show
https://is.gd/ZYB70p
Tanner West, Artnet News on “Zoom Pavilion”
https://is.gd/ri0rMi
Montse Frisach, El Punt Avui on “Redundant Assembly”
https://is.gd/LXNTYz
Luisa Espino, El Cultural on “Recurrent Mallarmé”
https://is.gd/FGvFl6
Rachel Lebowitz, Artsy
https://is.gd/zIoRHE
Hirshhorn on “Pulse” solo show
https://is.gd/7M2V4l
Art Link Art on “Redundant Assembly”
https://is.gd/CleoEH
Alex Hendrickson, Style Blue Print on “Bilateral Time Slicer Intermix”
https://is.gd/l5jsUa
Tanner West, Artnet News on “Zoom Pavilion”
https://is.gd/ri0rMi
Jody Feinberg, Wicked Local on “Surface Tension”
https://is.gd/28Rgw3
Ena Grozdanic, Frieze on “Recorded Assembly”
https://is.gd/KuFCXx