Joanne takes at look at Wavefunction and Less Than Three, two interactive sculptures by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer at the Bitforms Gallery in New York City. For story links and more info, visit http://www.rocketboom.com/rb_08_nov_26/ Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Wavefunction by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, premiered at the Venice Biennale from June to November 2007. An array of chairs that move up and down electromechanically, responding to the presence of the public by creating waves that propagate over the exhibition room. Higher resolution version available at http://www.lozano-hemmer.com

Pulse Front by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, premiered at Toronto's Harbour Front in June 2007. The heartbeat of passers-by is captured and broadcasted in the sky over the city with robotic searchlights. Higher resolution version available at http://www.lozano-hemmer.com

Body Movies by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, presented in Hong Kong in November 2006. Thousands of photo portraits taken on the streets of the cities where the project is exhibited are shown using robotically controlled projectors. However, the portraits only appear inside the projected shadows of local passers-by, whose.... more

Close-Up by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, presented at Bitforms Gallery in New York City in September 2006. A high-definition interactive display featuring live and recorded surveillance footage. The shadow of the participant triggers 800 videos of people who recently looked at the piece. Up to 10, 000 video sequences are.... more

Eye Contact is the first piece of the ShadowBox series of interactive displays with a built-in computerized tracking system. This piece shows eight hundred simultaneous videos of people lying down, resting. As soon as a public member is detected his or her presence triggers the miniature video portraits to wake up:.... more

Sustained Coincidence by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, premiered in Bogotá, Columbia in March 2007. A series of bulbs lined up against a wall light up in reaction to the participants' positions, thereby controlling the shadows created on the opposing wall in such a way that they are alway overlapping. Complex patterns of.... more

Third Person by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, presented at Bitforms Gallery in New York City in September 2006. A high-definition interactive display featuring all the verbs of the dictionary. The verbs appear in the shadow of the participant in English, Spanish or French. Higher resolution version available at.... more