Atmospheric Memory
Interact with artworks in an immersive environment filled with light, sound and colossal projections.
Inspired by computing pioneer Charles Babbage’s proposal that the air is a ‘vast library’ storing every word ever spoken, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s breathtaking immersive art environment invites audiences to a multisensory experience at the intersection of art and science. Control 18 interactive artworks and surround yourself with light, sound and colossal projections as you walk through the chambers of Atmospheric Memory.
If we could 'rewind' air molecules to recreate all voices of the past, whose voice would you want to hear?
‘I hope the project makes the atmosphere tangible so it’s no longer seen as something neutral or invisible we take for granted. It is something complex, beautiful and irreversible.’
Artist
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is a media artist working with ideas from architecture and performance. He was the first artist to officially represent Mexico at the Venice Biennale with a monographic exhibition in 2007.
He has also shown at Biennials such as Havana, Istanbul, Kochi, Liverpool, Mercosul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney.
Lozano-Hemmer was the subject of 75 solo exhibitions worldwide, including a major show at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC, the inaugural show at the AmorePacific Museum in Seoul and a mid-career retrospective co-produced by the MAC in Montréal and SFMOMA.
In 2019, his interactive installation Border Tuner connected people across the US-Mexico border using bridges of light controlled by the voices of participants.
Curator
José Luis de Vicente is a cultural researcher and curator. In 2023 he was appointed director of DHUB, Barcelona's Design Museum.
His work investigates the impacts of technological and cultural innovation through artifacts, systems, and narratives. His projects create contexts for collaboration and dialogue between artists, designers, architects, technologists, scientists, activists, and communities.
