Art Basel in Miami will bring 282 premier galleries together to feature an exceptional array of art and new perspectives from the region. This year, BMW will present Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s immersive art installation “Pulse Topology” at the Superblue Miami center in Allapattah, where the artist’s interactive pulse treatment in the first-ever, fully electric BMW i7 will also be on view from November 28 to December 4, 2022.
Since its launch in 2002, Art Basel in Miami Beach has served as a dynamic platform uniquely bridging the art scenes of North and South America, Europe, and beyond. The edition marking its 20th anniversary will be the largest to date, featuring 282 exhibitors from 38 countries and territories. In addition to its Galleries, Positions, Nova, Survey, and Edition sectors, the fair will host 20 large-scale projects as part of the Meridians sector, 29 curated installations within exhibitors’ booths in the Kabinett sector, as well as nine panels with leading art world voices in its renowned Conversations series.
On the occasion of Art Basel’s show in Miami Beach, BMW i presents an off-site activation together with Superblue: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s immersive art installation “Pulse Topology”. This collaboration invites visitors to enjoy the poetry of a human-centric approach to technological innovations and can be experienced at Superblue Miami from November 17, 2022 – August 2023. The exhibition will be augmented by an interactive experience presented by BMW inside the all-new fully-electric BMW i7 from November 28 – December 4, 2022 during Art Basel in Miami Beach.
“Pulse Topology” is composed of 3.000 lightbulbs suspended at different heights, creating a series of crests and valleys – an intimate landscape that visitors are invited to traverse. Each lightbulb glimmers to the pulse of a previous participant. Custom-made pulse sensors record visitors’ new heartbeats; when a participant interacts with the installation, their pulse is added to the canopy of recordings above them, replacing the oldest recording. Forming a platform for self-representation, in “Pulse Topology” individual heartbeats come together to create an immersive chorus of light and sound. Translating an interior force to an exterior form, Lozano-Hemmer makes tangible the otherwise invisible register of the heartbeat, which glows and then fades in the spirit of a memento mori.
Experience Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: “Pulse Topology” and the interactive art environment inside the BMW i7:
November 28 – December 4, 2022
Superblue Miami, 1101 NW 23 Street, Miami, FL 33127, USA
Opening Hours:
Monday-Thursday, 11am-7pm
Friday-Saturday, 10am-8pm
Sunday, 10am-7pm
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: “Pulse Topology” is available for public viewing from November 17, 2022 – August 2023.