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ART + ARCHITECTURE + PUBLIC SPACE

Art + Architecture + Public Space

Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos and Arte Abierto are happy to invite you to a webinar with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer this Friday October 23rd, 2020 at 1:30 pm

To receive your Zoom link, please register here:

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Limited availability.

¡See you there!

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‘BORDERLANDS’

RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER IN ‘BORDERLANDS’
EXTENDED SEGMENT | ART21

Enter here to watch it directly on YouTube.

Art21 proudly presents this special extended segment as a complement to the “Borderlands” episode from the tenth season of the “Art in the Twenty-First Century” series. Edited to focus on a singular artist narrative, this film contains original material not included in the television broadcast.

Known for his large-scale, interactive installations, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer uses contemporary technologies like computerized surveillance, heart-rate sensors, and robotics to create participatory experiences and platforms for public participation and connection. The artist frequently works in and transforms public spaces, creating awe-inspiring, poetic, and critical installations, like ‘Voz Alta’: a massive megaphone system erected in a Mexico City plaza to commemorate the infamous Tlatelolco student massacre in 1968. Spurred by his Mexican heritage and the growing nationalism in the United States, Lozano-Hemmer embarks on his most ambitious project to date: ‘Border Tuner’, an enormous intercom system at the border between El Paso and Juárez that allows participants from both sides to speak and listen to each other via radio-enabled searchlights.

At his studio in Montreal, the artist works with a team of scientists, engineers, programmers, architects, and designers to develop the project; at the El Paso–Juárez border, he invites local artists and performers and members of the public to use ‘Border Tuner’ to listen to, share, and visualize their voices and stories. Highlighting the intimate, personal relations in a public space that is otherwise systematically dehumanizing, Lozano-Hemmer explains, “The most important role that art can play is that of making complexity visible. The usage of technology is inevitable; it’s up to the artist to use those technologies to create experiences that are intimate, connected, and critical.”

This extended segment includes Remote Pulse, 2019; an interactive installation consisting of two identical pulse-sensing stations that are interconnected over the internet. When a person places their hands on one station automatically the person on the other station feels their pulse, as the plates vibrate in sync with the heartbeat of the remote person, and vice versa. The piece was originally presented as part of Lozano-Hemmer’s Border Tuner’ installation across the US-Mexico border, with one station in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua and the other in El Paso, Texas. This piece is part of ‘Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Latidos’ exhibition showing at < Arte Abierto > until December 13th, 2020 and will stay here permanently.

‘Borderlands’ premiered on October 2nd, 2020 on PBS. Enter here to watch the whole episode on PBS.

‘PULSE’ OPENS AGAIN

RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER. LATIDOS
ENJOY YOUR VISIT SAFELYY

Mexico City, August 26, 2020.- Fundación Arte Abierto reopens Espacio Arte Abierto, a space dedicated to hosting exhibitions by national and international contemporary artists, with the exhibition Rafael Lozano Hemmer. Latidos.

Latidos is the third monographic exhibition on the biometric work of the Mexican artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and is composed of four installations that use heart rate sensors to drive kinetic and audiovisual responses: Pulse Room, Pulse Tank, Pulse Index and Remote Pulse, the latter can be activated once the Amparo Museum in Puebla opens its facilities to the public.

Rafael Lozano Hemmer. Latidos opened on February 7th, closing prematurely due to the health contingency that our country is currently experiencing. Faced with this situation, the artist agreed to extend the exhibition time so that the public can visit it until December 13 of this year.

The art pieces in Latidos are designed for the public to physically interact with them. For this reason, hand cleaning at all times is essential to ensure the immersive experience of your visit.

We have implemented new health protocols that guarantee a safe sensory experience. These measures will take effect from August 29th for the tranquility of our visitors and our customer service team.

PLAN YOUR VISIT:

• Remember to bring your mask, its use is mandatory for everyone, at all times.

• The capacity of Espacio Arte Abierto has been reduced to a 15%. To guarantee your access, purchase the ticket online: registroarteabierto.org for free all September. Starting October, it will have a recovery cost of $ 35.00 MXN per person.

• Take into account that we have new hours: From 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm, the last entry being at 4:30 pm.

• We appreciate you taking into account that for security reasons entry with packages larger than 35 x 35 cm, nor with umbrellas is not allowed (except folding).

DURING YOUR VISIT:

• We will take your temperature before entering the Espacio Arte Abierto. Access to Latidos will not be allowed if the temperature is above 37ºC.

• It will be essential to respect social distancing of at least 2 meters with other people, whether they are visitors or Arte Abierto’s staff.

• Antibacterial gel will be available at each access. We ask to use it when entering, as well as before and after activating the sensors of each of the pieces.

• You must follow the directions and arrows suggested along your visit.

• A QR code at the entrance will be available for visitors with a downloadable PDF of Latidos.

The visit lasts 30 minutes, so we ask you to respect the time of your visit so that others can enjoy it in the same way.

Everyone can safely enjoy their visit with responsibility.

The monographic exhibition that addresses the biometric work of this Mexican artist, seeks to alter identification and determination technologies to create connective experiences on an architectural scale. In Heartbeat, the audience’s vital signs are taken and recorded as repetitive sequences that are displayed as flashing lights, panoramic soundscapes, ripples in tanks, haptic feedback, and animated fingerprints.

was born in Mexico City in 1967. He was the first official artist to represent our country at the 52nd Venice Biennale with the work Some things happen more times than all the time. For years, he has been developing interactive installations that are at the intersection between architecture and performance.

The Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Latidos exhibition will be open to the public from August 29th to December 13th, 2020 at the Espacio Arte Abierto, located at ARTZ Pedregal 2nd floor, at Periférico Sur 3720, Jardines del Pedregal, Álvaro Obregón, in Mexico City.

ATELIER ABIERTO

ATELIER ABIERTO: THE DIDACTIC AND COLLABORATIVE NATURE OF ART

< Arte Abierto > is a non-profit association founded in 2019 dedicated to the creation and promotion of cultural projects and specific art work through the implementation of an ambitious / comprehensive / innovative model that takes as a starting point the physical conditions of Artz Pedregal Architectural Complex –a project developed and designed by Sordo Madaleno.

< Arte Abierto >‘s work model is based on collaborating with artists and experts, aligned to our institutional values ​​and objectives through their work and artistic expressions, with specific contemporary art projects. Each platform at < Arte Abierto > offers different formats and experiences at different levels and to different audiences.

Since 2019 we have been working with Sebastián Romo, founder and creator of Atelier Romo, the result of this significant collaboration is named Atelier Abierto. This project is designed as a place outside the main exhibition room Espacio Arte Abierto (exhibition space where Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Latidos) is now located.

Based on its pedagogical and participatory lines of work, Atelier Abierto is one of the most important conceptual components of our institution. Thanks to the collaboration with Atelier Romo we will be able to develop strategies and unique educational and public activities for direct contact with visitors, through creative processes of different types and with different durations (which include weekend activities, intensive workshops and few hours aimed at the diversity of publics who attend Artz Pedregal– space where < Arte Abierto > has its facilities: exhibitions and work).

Atelier Romo. For ten years, it has developed an arts-based, comprehensive and multidisciplinary educational methodology. Currently, the guiding axis is focused on deep education understood as all knowledge that accompanies us and improves our daily life.

Atelier Romo has had various collaborations with institutions such as Museo Tamayo, Fundación Alumnos 47, Colección Jumex, various universities and art centers in the interior of the country, and abroad with the Fashion Institute of Technology in Nueva York. Also, he was invited to develop a special project for the XII Bienal FEMSA.

In addition to the five printed monographs that he has compiled throughout his history, he has presented multiple exhibition and film projects in spaces such as Casa Vecina, Museo Tamayo, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, La Tallera, Centro de Artes Visuales de Mérida and Instituto Cervantes Nueva York, among others.

Since the beginning, Atelier Romo has had a group of very high-level collaborators: award-winning filmmakers and Oscar winners, museum directors and specialized curators, and renowned artists, both national and international.

The methodology consists of integrating the body, thought, culture and art from constant and disciplined practice, in a relaxed work environment that has all the requirements to learn and create without limitations.

Its lines of work are Visual Thought and Furniture Design; the basic principles for smooth construction, including sewing, electricity, and model building; and the development of a final project with the closing of an exhibition and an editorial publication.

Art and culture are intertwined but they are not the same thing. Although entertainment and entertainment are part of the culture, art is its most sophisticated practice. Culture allows us to expand our possibilities of perception, art to deepen them and education to enhance them, practice them and enjoy them.

Given its context, Atelier Abierto has all the potential to become a true avant-garde project. It can be a benchmark for new pedagogical, exhibition, dissemination models and how to efficiently bring culture to all kinds of audiences.

Artz Pedregal is in a privileged position, it has the perfect balance between a public space and a private / controlled one. This greatly facilitates the implementation of activities produced from the Atelier Abierto to all attendees.

WHAT IS FREEDOM?

WHAT IS FREEDOM?

< Arte Abierto > invites everyone interested to participate with us in a collective reflection on the concept of ‘Freedom’ and what it means for each of you and us in this uncertain time, where we undoubtedly need to rethink the absence of coexistence and social interaction and find new ways to create and believe in the community.

We join the vast sea of ​​artistic initiatives that provide and stimulate moments of thought, awareness and reflection.

We firmly believe that this is are special times, ideal for recognizing the transforming essence that art brings to complex situations, to accept that art is an engine of creativity, of new thoughts, of invention of new horizons that help to turn the way of thinking to other realities that enrich and help to assimilate the moment we are living.

We invite everyone to have a moment of personal creativity that will eventually become part of a collective.

We want to be very respectful of the time, space and resources that each one of you have, so we are open to receiving any idea, thought, image, gesture, drawing, design or game that you want to share with us.

You can send us whatever inspires you: photographs, videos, music, writing.

BASES

We want, through your collaboration, to think about the concept that the term ‘Freedom’ has for you now.

The final result will be a collective exercise that will be presented on our networks; and once we have the possibility to leave home, see all your contributions together on an exhibition wall.

FORMATS

• Video 1 minute max: .mov o .mp4

• Images: .jpg o .png

• Text: .doc or directly on your email

SUBMISSIONS AND FILES

All material should be sent to info@arteabierto.org titled: ‘What is Freedom?’

Please include a letter of authorship and license to share, copy, distribute, display, and perform the work and make derivative works and remixes based on it only for non-commercial purposes on Arte Abierto A.C.’s social media, website and public display.

Also include the artwork datasheet Name of artist and title or artwork.

What is Freedom? starts on April 22nd and will be active until May 30th, 2020.

Your submissions will be shared on our social media on Thursdays.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING THIS PROJECT WITH WHICH WE HOPE WILL HELP A LITTLE BIT TO EASE ATMOSPHERES.

CROSS-BORDER COMMUNICATION

An Installation Traverses Texas and Mexico to Promote Cross-Border Communication

We found an article by writer and photographer Sarah M. Vasquez for HYPERALLERGIC Magazine about Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Border Tuner project.

Sarah tells us Rafael is saying he is not in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez to make bridges, but to highlight the bridges that already exist… We loved this idea!

Here is the link to read the full article.

We hope you like it too!

RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER’S BORDER TUNER

In the Studio: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Border Tuner

In the Studio es un podcast semanal de la BBC que te lleva a las mentes de las personas más creativas del mundo, con un acceso sin precedentes.

Aquí les compartimos In The Studio: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Border Tuner presentado por Monica Ortiz Uribe y producido por Emma Betteridge para la BBC World Service.

En este podcast pueden escuchar a Rafael hablar de Sintonizador Fronterizo, una instalación de arte participativo a gran escala diseñada para interconectar las ciudades de El Paso, Texas, y Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, con potentes reflectores que crean «puentes de luz» abriendo canales de sonido en vivo para la comunicación a través de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México.

¡Disfruten!

PRESS RELEASE – ARTE ABIERTO

PRESS RELEASE Arte Abierto – CDMX March 16th, 2020.

To our community.

Due to the current situation generated by COVID-19, and being responsible to our publics; has decided to close our exhibition spaces Latidos by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Mnemosyne by Paolo Montiel Coppa.

For us the health of our visitors and collaborators is of utmost importance, for this reason we suspend activities from Tuesday, March 17th until further notice.

We all have the social responsibility to put the health of our community above any other goal.

We appreciate your understanding.

MNEMOSYNE

MNEMOSYNE | Paolo Montiel Coppa aka TANSEN

< Arte Abierto > presents Mnemosyne, a light installation by Mexican artist Paolo Montiel Coppa, which will be on display and open to the public from November 29th, 2019 to March 29th, 2020 on the ground floor of the architectural complex Artz Pedregal.

Paolo Montiel Coppa, is a Mexican artist, who works with different lighting alterations through spatial experiments.

Montiel Coppa, studied physics, art, music and audio engineering dedicated to lighting programming and design. His artistic production is concentrated in installations of kinetic light art in situ. His work investigates the possibilities of light from an artistic platform that has allowed him to express new formats through various public facilities.

In Greek mythology, Mnemosyne (in Greek Mνημοσυνη) is the personification of memory and mother (with Zeus) of the nine muses. He has the knowledge of the origins and roots, power that goes beyond the limits of the beyond. The installation title is a reference to memory.

In the words of the artist, he wants to make the audience return to the origins of the memory of the arts, through a physical experience recreated by games of lights, visuals and sound pieces that make up the piece.

Mnemosyne is an exercise around his light research, this project will be developed and directed to the viewer as an experience inside a giant kaleidoscope.

With this piece Montiel wants to provoke in the visitor a special moment, a memory of life that activates the memory of the spectator, so that he connects with his creativity allowing him to re-awake different experiences through projections of digitally altered organic images and lights; which when combined with sound pieces, will lead the visitor to enter a meditative state.

THE INSTALLATION WILL BE ACTIVE FROM TUESDAY TO SUNDAY FROM 11:00 TO 19:00 HRS. MONDAY WILL REMAIN CLOSED.

WE RECOMMEND ONLINE PRE-REGISTRATION: registro.arteabierto.org