Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

Obra Sonora

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (Mexican, b. 1967). Sphere Packing: Bach, 2018 (installation view, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Unstable Presence, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2018). Photo: Guy L'Heureux.

Upcoming exhibition

December 7, 2024 – June 15, 2025
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum

For over three decades, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer has integrated art, science, architecture and technology into his trailblazing artistic practice. The celebrated Mexican-Canadian artist is known for his participatory installations, which have been showcased in major solo exhibitions at the Hirshhorn Museum, SFMOMA and Venice Biennale, among others. Organized by Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Obra Sonora (Spanish for “sound work”) features 15 artworks that engage and experiment with sound and music as their primary medium. The exhibition will feature two world premieres and pieces on loan from museums in the U.S., Turkey and Mexico.

The exhibition includes monumental works such as Atmosphonia, a sound and light environment featuring 3,000 audio channels playing back natural field recordings; Volute 2, a speech bubble presented as an oversized aluminum sculpture; and Sphere Packing: Bach, a 10-foot diameter sphere that supports 1,128 loudspeakers — each playing a different composition by Johann Sebastian Bach. The artist states: “Within Obra Sonora, one room might invoke an interactive and intimate experience, while the next will loom with turbulent layers of noise; one work might showcase the power of a single speaking voice, while the next will mix the bellicose marches that make up most of the world’s national anthems.”

This will be the first museum exhibition to explore Lozano-Hemmer’s use of sound as a medium of expression and image-making, and it will be the largest-ever museum presentation of his work in the southeastern United States.

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Selected Works