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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · 10d

Benjamin Duffield's feature documentary on my public art is finally available online! "Megalodemocrat" (2019) was shot over ten years, when I still had hair, and it shows behind the scenes of making my interactive installations. Watch it for free here:
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MEGALODEMOCRAT: The Public Art of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

SYNOPSIS: Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer started making public art in 1992, using high-power audiovisual media to help him transform cities around…

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Jun 3

This Thursday at Rocket Science Room in Montreal: Krzysztof Wodiczko and Ewa Harabasz in conversation www.instagram.com/p/DKU5G-8xW17/

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · May 31

The private sector will not fill the gaps. The size of the cuts is too big, and the incentives does not align to do basic research or train the next generation of PhD students.
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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Mar 26

A few more days left to apply for this full-time position at my studio. Join an incredible team of people working along progressive, open, fun, ambitious, international projects! is.gd/Qe8uTH

Personal Assistant to Rafael Lozano-Hemmer | Notion

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Mar 16

My dear assistant Gabriel Rizzotti is moving to Paris. So now I’m looking for a new PA. We have a tight deadline to hire someone full-time as we want them to overlap with Gabriel as much as possible. Please help me circulate this job posting to any potential candidates out there!

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Personal Assistant to Rafael Lozano-Hemmer | Notion

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Mar 4

Just a few weeks since we had this talk in NYC and reality is already far more harrowing than we expected then, —and we are a pessimistic group. Time to light up the flares! www.artforum.com/video/artfor...

Atelier December 2024

Artforum introduces a series of live panel conversations between artists, critics, curators, and other voices in contemporary art.

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Mar 4

New issue of Amodern on “Countertype”, illustrated with our generative typeface for Encode/Decode. amodern.net

Amodern

Amodern is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal devoted to the study of media, culture, and poetics.

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Mar 3

www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/03/a...

Art world looks to Bluesky as Meta and X shift right

With social media owners cosying up to Donald Trump, creatives are looking for alternative platforms

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Feb 5

It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 4

Trump, with Netanyahu sitting next to him, says "Gaza maybe is a demolition site right now ... you can't live in Gaza right now. I think we need another location."

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Feb 4

New artwork "Binocular Tension", belongs to the series of interactive pieces I have been making since 1992(!) related to surveillance, observing observation, and making eye contact. The piece will be presented by PACE Gallery @pacegallery.bsky.social at ZonaMaco art fair in Mexico City.

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Feb 2

Bingo

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · Feb 1

You're not overwhelmed. You're under attack.

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Feb 1

Beautiful Michael

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Jan 31

I love Chrystia Freeland's proposal that Canada should put tariffs on Teslas.

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Jan 31

As always, learning from Kate Crawford: I can’t believe I’d never heard of Jevon’s Paradox.

Kate Crawford @katecrawford.bsky.social · Jan 29

DeepSeek forces a rethink of the compute & energy costs of AI models. In a new paper with @sashamtl.bsky.social @strubell.bsky.social, we look at the full environmental impacts of AI – both direct and indirect – and what 𝐉e𝐯𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐱 means for AI and climate. A thread 🧵

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Rabbi Sara Zober @rebbesmz.bsky.social · Jan 29

Hi. Jewish person here. These are concentration camps and should be called that by everyone.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jan 29

Trump: Today I'm also signing an executive order to instruct the departments of defense and homeland security to begin preparing the 30,000 person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Jan 28

First time flying into Gilead, stopped by immigration for the first time in a decade.

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · Jan 27

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Jan 27

Yeah! People often use the term to mean "art market". It would be great to make a never ending list: Art made in academia, artivism, performance scenes, street art scenes, social practice, digital commons, VJ and clubs, immersive experiences, chefs, drag, computer viruses, scenographers, makers, etc

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Jan 24

If one wants to make a colonial musical around the spectre of violence that is decimating a country, at the very least one must study the country and hire some of its talent.

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Jan 24

The more awards Emilia Pérez gets the more I hate the film.

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Jan 20

We work too hard.
We're too tired to fall in love.
Therefore we must overthrow the government.

We work too hard.
We're too tired to overthrow the government.
Therefore we must fall in love.

—Rod Smith, "Pour le CG7" Poem sent to me by Antimodular's Michael Nardone

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Jan 20

I still do, dear Raymond

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Jan 20

collaborate

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @errafael.bsky.social · Jan 20

Class www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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