Technology
One of the things that separates Rafael Lozano-Hemmer from most artists is his comprehensive use of technology. Most of his productions contain more than one element of technology to create the lasting affect that has made his work so famous. Some of the technologies used by Lozano-Hemmer are: robotics, custom software, projections, internet links, cell phones, sensors, LED's, cameras, tracking systems, and often employing cutting-edge technologies. Lozano-Hemmer recognizes that western culture is a technology-based culture, emphasizing "even if you are not using a computer you are affected by this environment. Working with technology is inevitable." "Our politics, our culture, our economy, everything is running through globalized networks of communication," Ever since the industrial revolution technology has been used to better communicate and create art, Lozano-Hemmer has just taken it upon himself to extend the use of audio visual, to include surveillance of his viewers, and creating grand displays that in their physical existence are short, however it includes so many people on such a large scale, they become unforgettable.
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Famous quotes containing the word technology:
“Technology is not an image of the world but a way of operating on reality. The nihilism of technology lies not only in the fact that it is the most perfect expression of the will to power ... but also in the fact that it lacks meaning.”
—Octavio Paz (b. 1914)
“Radio put technology into storytelling and made it sick. TV killed it. Then you were locked into somebody else’s sighting of that story. You no longer had the benefit of making that picture for yourself, using your imagination. Storytelling brings back that humanness that we have lost with TV. You talk to children and they don’t hear you. They are television addicts. Mamas bring them home from the hospital and drag them up in front of the set and the great stare-out begins.”
—Jackie Torrence (b. 1944)