An immersive exhibition featuring artworks that make tangible human bio-signatures
Description
Biometric Theatre is an immersive exhibition featuring seven interactive audio-visual installations by acclaimed artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. The works on view make individual biological signatures tangible and embodied, approaching the human body not as the receiver of stimuli but as an integral part of the artwork itself.
Using technologies to capture heartbeats, fingerprints, body heat and movements, Lozano-Hemmer creates intimate human landscapes. In Biometric Theatre, data is consensually crowdsourced, presenting an opportunity for such information to be used towards poetic and participatory ends, and allowing participants to witness the transformation of their personal signatures into connective, albeit ephemeral, works of art.
Biometric Theatre is Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. It includes the Asian premiere of his acclaimed large-scale installation Pulse Topology (2021), a kinetic landscape of pulsating light bulbs and sounds reflecting the rhythm of visitor heartbeats.
Biometric Theatre also includes the following works: Thermal Drift (2022) Hormonium (2022) Vocal Folds (2019) Pulse Index (2010) Glories of Accounting (2005) Surface Tension (1992)
Sunday Performances:
On the afternoons of 19 and 26 February (Sunday), join us for two 45-minute live performance sessions with local dancers and musicians improvising in response to the dynamic installation Pulse Topology.
#Appearance by kind permission of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
Biometric Theatre is presented as part of SerendiCity – a media arts festival showcasing new perspectives on art, urban environments, people and technology.
This programme is part of "Creative Tomorrow" exclusively sponsored by
The Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Dance Performance Collaborator (Sunday Performances):
School of Dance, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Details
Suitable for ages 8 and above.
Please note that admission numbers are limited for each installation. At busy times, visitors may need to queue for entry.
Some installations are held in low light conditions and includes bright lights, strobe lighting and loud noise that may trigger photosensitive epilepsy and discomfort, and may not be suitable for participants who are pregnant.
The organiser reserves the right to make changes to the programme and performers without prior notice.