Zoom Pavilion
2015
In collaboration with Krzysztof Wodiczko
Projections, infrared cameras, infrared illuminators, speakers, computer, custom-made electronics and software
Courtesy of the artists and bitforms gallery
In this interactive installation, twelve computerized surveillance cameras track the presence of participants and, employing facial recognition, background subtraction and machine-learning algorithms, record their spatial relationships to one another. The terms and figures that emerge - indicated on the screens by the words "potential," "interest," "remote," or "perspective" - measure, circumscribe and describe our relationships with others in the space. On the back wall is an archive of the faces of participants organized in twos, specifying how long they were paired, how far apart they remained and when this assembly happened. In Zoom Pavilion, which marks Lozano-Hemmer's first collaboration with artist Krzysztof Wodiczko, the omnipresence of surveillance cameras in contemporary society is cleary signalled, as well as a broader interrogation of the way technologies determine and control the circulation of information, images, and data pertaining to our interpersonal relationships - both in public and, increasingly, private space.
Zoom Pavilion
2015
In collaboration with Krzysztof Wodiczko
Projections, infrared cameras, infrared illuminators, speakers, computer, custom-made electronics and software
Courtesy of the artists and bitforms gallery
In this interactive installation, twelve computerized surveillance cameras track the presence of participants and, employing facial recognition, background subtraction and machine-learning algorithms, record their spatial relationships to one another. The terms and figures that emerge - indicated on the screens by the words "potential," "interest," "remote," or "perspective" - measure, circumscribe and describe our relationships with others in the space. On the back wall is an archive of the faces of participants organized in twos, specifying how long they were paired, how far apart they remained and when this assembly happened. In Zoom Pavilion, which marks Lozano-Hemmer's first collaboration with artist Krzysztof Wodiczko, the omnipresence of surveillance cameras in contemporary society is cleary signalled, as well as a broader interrogation of the way technologies determine and control the circulation of information, images, and data pertaining to our interpersonal relationships - both in public and, increasingly, private space.