A MAJOR new exhibition of interactive artworks by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is running in Manchester from September 18 until January 30.
It includes the world premieres of two new works, Please Empty Your Pockets and the large-scale installation People on People.
“Recorders also features five other specially adapted pieces that have never been on public display in England before, including the artist’s contribution to the Mexican pavilion for the Venice Biennale in 2007, Pulse Room.
Speaking about his exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery, Lozano-Hemmer said: “In Recorders artworks hear, see or feel the public; they exhibit awareness, and record and replay memories entirely obtained during the show.
“The pieces either depend on participation to exist or predatorily gather information on the public through surveillance and biometric technologies.
“Frank Stella’s minimalist quip ‘what you see is what you get’ becomes ‘what you give is what you get’.”
* Recorders is at Manchester Art Gallery, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester from Saturday, September 18 until Sunday, January 30. Free admission.
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