Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is one more artist that used people's heart rate to create an art piece. In this project he used three hundred light bulbs, which were hung on a cable at a hight of three meters. Light bulbs were uniformly distributed over an exhibition room. On the side of the room the interface was placed, which had a sensor and was able to detect participants heart rate. Each bulb was for one person. Each time someone touches the interface a heart pattern is recorded and this is sent to the first bulb in the grid, pushing ahead all the existing recordings. At any given time the installation shows the recordings from the most recent participants. When every bulb has a recording a room is filled with flashing lights to the beat of all participant hearts in the room. I found this project interesting as it uses other people to create an installation. Due to the fact that each persons heart beats at different speed, the bulbs flashes at different times and speed too creating a room which is never completely dark.

Bibliography:

Lozano-Hammer, R. (2015) Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Available at: http://www.lozano-hemmer.com