Submitted by Sarah Beth on Sun, 2012-11-04 20:59
Over the weekend San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) opened their 2012 ZERO1 Biennial exhibition by international media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Mexican-born, Montreal-based artist, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, explores the intersection of architecture, public space, media, and performance within his work. His interactive video and sound installation uses radio equipment to allow participants to tune into any radio frequency between 150 kHz and 1.5 GHz by using their own bodies. According to the artist, he originally developed the piece in response to the Mexican Government shutting down informal or "pirate" radio stations in indigenous communities in the states of Chiapas and Guerrero. Organized by SFMOMA's Curator of Media Arts, Rudolf Frieling, Frequency and Volume, raises questions about who has access to public space, who controls public communication and is designed to visibly communicate the museum’s role as both a receiver and producer of frequencies in a larger network of Bay Area culture.