Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

-Born in Mexico City-Studied in Montreal,

Canada-Described as an Electronic Artist-Develops interactive installations that can be described as architecture mixed with performance art

Most popular works are interactive Works in very large scalesMany art critics are thrown off by technology based art

"Some people find my work empowering and fun. Others find it frightening," he says. "My works are on the border between being very seductive, inviting, inclusive and being predatory, ominous, Orwellian.”

Lots of use with surveillance cameras, and motion detectors Gets inspiration from everything

Got an idea from his wifes ultra sound to Use intimate bodily information Heart rate & finger print projected on very large screens

Participation is key with his art "It used to be all about the viewers waiting for artwork to

inspire them. Now it's the artworks that are waiting for people to feel, sense and inspire them."

http://www.lozano-hemmer.com/pulse_room.php

Phillidelphia 2012

“what matters to me is that individual participants can personalize their city with their contributions.”

Lights controlled by participants'’ voices

This piece shows the viewer's shadow revealing hundreds of tiny words that are in fact all the verbs of the dictionary conjugated in the third person.

http://www.lozano-hemmer.com/sandbox.php