The Baker Museum presents Storytelling Through Sound
A Conversation with Alexander Shelley and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, artist Alexander Shelley, artistic and music director
Sound, with the way it surrounds you, can set the scene, evoke emotions, develop characters and drive stories forward. In Storytelling Through Sound, Artistic and Music Director Alexander Shelley and Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer engage in an insightful conversation about Lozano-Hemmer’s latest groundbreaking exhibition. This immersive project blends art, science, architecture and cutting-edge technology to explore complex narratives through Bach compositions, belligerent marches from national anthems around the world and a variety of soundscapes, offering a fresh perspective on how we perceive and experience sound.
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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is a media artist who creates platforms for public participation by using robotic lights, digital fountains, computerized surveillance and telematic networks. Inspired by phantasmagoria, carnival and animatronics, his interactive works are “anti-monuments for people to self-represent.” He was the first artist to represent Mexico at the Venice Biennale in 2007. He has also shown at other art biennials such as Havana, Istanbul, Kochi, Liverpool, Melbourne, New Orleans, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Wuzhen. His works are in collections around the world such as MoMA, Guggenheim, TATE, Reina Sofía, Hirshhorn, MUAC and MONA. Major recent solo exhibitions include Unstable Presence, co-produced by the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal and SFMOMA; Listening Forest, installed over 120 acres of land at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; Common Measures at PACE Gallery, New York; and Translation Island, a 2-kilometer route that included 10 public artworks on Lulu Island, Abu Dhabi.
Alexander Shelley
Alexander Shelley
Sharon and Timothy Ubben Artistic and Music Director
Alexander Shelley was named Sharon and Timothy Ubben artistic and music director in April 2023. Alexander begins his tenure in this role in the 2024-25 season following a successful designate year through the 2023-24 season. As artistic and music director of Artis—Naples, Alexander provides artistic leadership for the entire multidisciplinary organization, including The Baker Museum and the Naples Philharmonic.
This appointment marks Alexander’s first titled position in the U.S. In addition to his role with Artis—Naples, Alexander remains music director of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra and principal associate conductor of London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra — positions he has held since 2015.
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