Visitors Now:
Total Visits:
Total Stories:
Profile image
By Hispanically Speaking News (Reporter)
Contributor profile | More stories
Story Views

Now:
Last Hour:
Last 24 Hours:
Total:

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s ‘Open Air’ Uses Lights, iApp to Fill Philadelphia’s Night Sky

Friday, September 28, 2012 15:03
% of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents.

(Before It's News)

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s ‘Open Air’ Uses Lights, iApp to Fill Philadelphia’s Night Sky

Below, the Association for Public Art interviews Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, artist of Open Air, an interactive public art installation for Philadelphia.

Commissioned by the Association for Public Art, Open Air has been running nightly since September 20 and will continue until October 14.

Using a free mobile app developed by Lozano-Hemmer’s studio, participants’ voices and GPS positions will control 24 powerful robotic searchlights placed along a half-mile section of the Parkway – creating giant three-dimensional “light sculptures.”

Every night from 8-11 p.m., participants can use their voices and GPS positions to activate 24 robotic searchlights placed along a half-mile section of the Parkway, all via the customized iPhone app, which has the lights’ brightness and position react to the users’ voices and words as they speak.

The lights can be seen up to 10 miles away, and with thousands of people taking part, the Philadelphia’s night sky is filled with a unique light show each night.

Lozano-Hemmer was born in Mexico City in 1967 to nightclub owners. He emigrated to Canada and went on to earn a Bachelors of Science in Physical Chemistry from Concordia University in Montreal. His works are now featured all over the world, including:

The Millennium Celebrations in Mexico City (1999), the Cultural Capital of Europe in Rotterdam (2001), the UN World Summit of Cities in Lyon (2003), the opening of the YCAM Center in Japan (2003), the Expansion of the European Union in Dublin (2004), the memorial for the Tlatelolco Student Massacre in Mexico City (2008), the 50th Anniversary of the Guggenheim Museum in New York (2009) and the Winter Olympics in Vancouver (2010).

Interview with “Open Air” artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer from Association for Public Art on Vimeo.

Image

Image

Published in Notitas de Noticias




Source:

Report abuse

Comments

Your Comments
Question   Razz  Sad   Evil  Exclaim  Smile  Redface  Biggrin  Surprised  Eek   Confused   Cool  LOL   Mad   Twisted  Rolleyes   Wink  Idea  Arrow  Neutral  Cry   Mr. Green

Top Stories
Recent Stories

Register

Newsletter

Email this story
Email this story

If you really want to ban this commenter, please write down the reason:

If you really want to disable all recommended stories, click on OK button. After that, you will be redirect to your options page.