Interactive Performance

Border Tuner / Sintonizador Fronterizo (2019)

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Border Tuner
Installation view at the Relational Architecture 23, Ciudad Juárez, México and El Paso, TX.

This project uses lights and speakers to let people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border talk to each other. When someone speaks, a bright searchlight projects to the other side of the border, creating a live connection.

Let’s Discuss

  • How does the computer sense and respond to people?
  • How does this project turn technology into a way to connect people?