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“It really is all about this idea that the heartbeat is not just symbolic because it’s life and love and whatever, but because it’s out of control, because it has this involuntary spasm, that you stand in front of somebody you like, and you cannot control the heartbeat. And that’s beautiful.” —Rafael Lozano–Hemmer
And thank you to our representatives in Washington for depriving us of that [this great editorial from Daniel Sallick, board chair of the Hirshhorn, courtesy of Artnews, is worth the read].
There are a lot of good shows up in Washington DC museums right now. Unfortunately, you can’t go see most of them, courtesy of the government shutdown, which has shuttered all of the Smithsonian Institution’s 19 museums and galleries. That includes the Hirshhorn, which is currently featuring Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s first exhibition in DC, including – in the Hirshhorn’s largest interactive technology exhibition to date – three major installations from Lozano-Hemmer’s Pulse series, from whenever it reopens, through April 28, 2019. While the lights are out on this ambitious exhibition, we wanted to share with you an opportunity to learn more about Lozano-Hemmer’s work, with this video of the lecture he gave at the Hirshhorn on October 20, 2018.
In the meantime, you can also check out videos of the works Pulse Index (2010, courtesy of the Hirshhorn), Pulse Tank (2008, courtesy of bitforms gallery), and Pulse Room (2006, courtesy of bitforms gallery).
