Unstable Presence by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer at SFMOMA

This October mid-career retrospective was co-produced by the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal and SFMOMA. Unstable Presence displayed work from the decades-long career of Lozano-Hemmer. Known for his large-scale, participatory installations, the artist explores where technology, architecture and audience interaction meet. The exhibition featured a series of works that emphasized the transient nature of physical presence within natural and technological environments. By engaging viewers through interactive and performative installations, Unstable Presence, like much of Lozano-Hemmer’s work, highlights the poetic and political dimensions of our interactions with space, offering a unique commentary on the fluid nature of the ephemeral and the enduring.