Solo show
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Unstable Presence
2 Oct 2021 — 6 Mar 2022 at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
· San Francisco
Unstable Presence is a landmark exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) dedicated to the work of Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Presented in 2021, the show brings together large-scale interactive installations that probe the relationship between technology, the body, and collective identity.
Lozano-Hemmer is internationally recognized for works that use biometric data, surveillance systems, and real-time computation to create immersive environments in which visitors become active participants. His pieces transform galleries into spaces of encounter, reflection, and occasional unease, raising urgent questions about privacy, representation, and what it means to be present in an increasingly mediated world.
Unstable Presence offers one of the most comprehensive overviews of the artist's practice to date, spanning works from across his career and inviting audiences to engage directly with the art — and with each other — through light, sound, and data.
Lozano-Hemmer is internationally recognized for works that use biometric data, surveillance systems, and real-time computation to create immersive environments in which visitors become active participants. His pieces transform galleries into spaces of encounter, reflection, and occasional unease, raising urgent questions about privacy, representation, and what it means to be present in an increasingly mediated world.
Unstable Presence offers one of the most comprehensive overviews of the artist's practice to date, spanning works from across his career and inviting audiences to engage directly with the art — and with each other — through light, sound, and data.
About the artist
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
1967
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is a Mexican-Canadian electronic artist living and working in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He creates interactive works. He emphasizes that his installations are incomplete without public participation, treating audience participation as an essential material in his creative…
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
· San Francisco
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum and nonprofit organization located in San Francisco, California. SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art, and has built an internationally recognized collection with over…
