Flatsun
A circular display that simulates the turbulence at the surface of the Sun using mathematical equations. The piece reacts to the presence of the public by varying the speed and type of animation displayed. If no one is in front of the piece the turbulence slows down and eventually turns off. As the built-in camera detects people more solar flares are generated and the fake Sun shows more perturbation and activity. At 140 cm diameter, Flatsun is exactly a billion times smaller than the real Sun. The piece consists of custom-made panels with 60,000 red and yellow LED lights, a computer with 8 processing cores, a camera with a pinhole lens and a mechanically engineered aluminium, steel and glass structure that pivots for maintenance. A single knob lets the collector set the brightness of the piece and turn it on and off.
General info
Exhibitions
- Unsettled, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, United States, 2018 - 2019.
- Unsettled, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska, United States, 2018.
- Unsettled, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada, United States, 2017 - 2018.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Pseudomatismos, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, México, 2015 - 2016.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Vicious Circular Breathing, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013 - 2014.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: No Hay Mariachi, Armory Show Art Fair, bitforms gallery, New York City, New York, United States, 2013.
- ARCO '12, Galería Max Estrella, Madrid, Spain, 2012.
- Art Basel Miami Beach, Galería OMR, Miami, Florida, United States, 2011.
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Trackers, La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France, 2011.
Credits
- Gideon May - Hardware
- Conroy Badger - Software
- Sebastien Dallaire, Pierre Fournier, Sebastien Rose, Guillaume Tremblay - Production
Bibliography
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