EXCUSE YOU! · Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

EXCUSE YOU! is a collection of recent works that showcases the salient concerns of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's studio over the past twenty years. Likening the show to an assortment of breaches, stammers, or obstacles, the artist uses play as an apparatus to question some of the most pressing issues of the contemporary moment, such as surveillance, climate change, and the manner in which digital life can collide with lived experience. With a nod to the absurd, a philosophy that challenges the stronghold of reason, Lozano-Hemmer encourages viewers to become participants in order to reflect upon how the fetishization of consumer culture contributes to water scarcity or how precious aspects of human lives are held safe or at hostage by the digital gatekeeper of the password. Despite their apparent playfulness, the pieces maintain the artist's long-standing sensitivity, which recognizes that they fit within an extended temporal spectrum of art history and mechanical tradition.

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