Calendar : 2008-09

Pulse Show

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

Organized by David Familian, Artistic Director

9/30/10 – 1/22/11
Thursday, 9/30/10, 6pm – 9pm (Beall Center-BC)
Family Day:  Saturday, 11/13/10, 11am – 3pm (inside/outside BC and amphitheater area)
BOXED: Thursday, 12/2/10, 6pm – 9pm (inside/outside BC and amphitheater area)
Closed: 11/11, 11/25 – 29, Dec 12 – Jan 3

Press Packet (PDF)

The Beall Center is proud to exhibit internationally renowned artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.  Lozano-Hemmer develops large scale interactive installations for indoor and outdoor public spaces, typically deploying new technologies and custom-made physical interfaces.  His work often uses sensors to track a viewer’s movements through the exhibition space, which triggers a physical reaction from an array of objects within his art.  This exhibition brings together three of Lozano-Hemmer’s most acclaimed works – Pulse Room, Pulse Tank and Pulse Index.  All use forms of biometric information, such as pulse rate and blood flow, to create visual output.  The Mexico City-born artist currently lives in Montreal, Canada, and had his work on display at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C.

10.10.10

October 10, 2010 1:00 – 8:00 pm

Schedule (PDF)

Chico MacMurtrie

Exhibit Dates:  2/3/11 – 5/7/11
Opening Reception: Thursday, 2/3/11, 6pm – 9pm (BC)
BOXED:  Thursday, 3/10/11, 6pm – 9pm (inside/outside BC and amphitheater area)
Family Day:  Saturday, 4/16/11, 11am – 3pm (inside/outside BC and amphitheater area)
Organized by David Familian, Artistic Director

During the past 20 years, Chico MacMurtrie’s kinetic, monumental sculptural installations have focused on different representations of the body – both human and animal.  Expanding and contracting in various configurations, the sculptures developed for this exhibition are controlled by computational methods.  Using the principles of a skeletal-muscular system powered by compressed air, MacMurtrie’s objects oscillate, creating the illusion of living objects.  MacMurtrie’s work dynamically responds to the movements of its viewers to create a menagerie of moving forms.