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Essay by Gloria Sutton. Interview by Gabriel Ritter.

Inconnu en Europe, Stan VanDerBeek (1927-1984) est pourtant l'un des pionniers de l'imagerie expérimentale américaine. Formé aux Cooper Union et Black Mountain Colleges, VanDerBeek combine d'abord dans l'esprit surréaliste et dadaïste les techniques du dessin, du collage et de la peinture animée, puis le mixed-media de la Beat Generation et du Psychédélisme. Dans les sixties, l'expérience visuelle se poursuit avec Claes Oldenburg et Allan Kaprow. En 1965, inspiré par les dômes hippies et fullériens, VanDerBeek érige un prototype de Movie-Drome déclinable et interconnectable à un réseau mondial décentralisé, « machine à expériences » susceptible de partager des flux audiovisuels d'artistes, d'étudiants ou de citoyens. Le message serait-il le médium ?

This mid-career monograph offers a nuanced perspective on contemporary artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's oeuvre. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's installations engage the audience in unique and seductive ways--measuring their heart rate, surveilling their faces, even circulating their breath. Often characterized by particular interactions between the work and the viewer, Lozano-Hemmer's art explores themes such as forced cohabitations, power imbalances, and contemporary techniques of surveillance and control. This mid-career retrospective book focuses on works produced over the past two decades. It includes essays that explore the poetic and political dimensions of the artist's work, along with in-depth examinations of four major works--Zoom Pavilion, Vicious Circular Breathing, Voz Alta, and Pulse Room. It also features full-color illustrations of sixteen recent works, including a newly created immersive sound environment, Sphere Packing: Bach. An essential guide to a deeper understanding of the themes that connect these technically sophisticated and emotionally resonant works, this book draws on the idea of an "unstable presence" to communicate the humanity and the anxiety that lie at the center of Lozano-Hemmer's art. Published with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

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