Come experience this special performance fundraiser amid Lozano-Hemmer’s groundbreaking exhibition TECHS-MECHS, while supporting Gray Area’s year of ACCESS programming.
7-8PM Patron Experience: Artist Meet & Greet
8PM Doors open for cocktail hour
9PM Sync Performance
The evening will open with an artist talk from Lozano-Hemmer, followed by “Sync”, an audiovisual collaboration between Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Eli Keszler, originally commissioned by Pace Live.
A multi-instrumentalist and visual artist, Eli Keszler has previously worked with Kevin Beasley, Oneohtrix Point Never, Skrillex, and more. For "Sync", Keszler will activate Lozano-Hemmer’s immersive installation “Pulse Topology” with his distinctive drumming style, creating "a morphing geography of light.” Keszler’s performances at Gray Area can be understood as “Beat Minimalism'' for the 21st century.
Making its west coast premiere as part of TECHS-MECHS, "Pulse Topology" is a mesmerizing work composed of 3,000 suspended lightbulbs that glimmer in tune with the heartbeats of different participants from the past. Pulse sensors detect and record new heartbeats, which replace the oldest ones, creating a memento mori.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: TECHS-MECHS is a tribute to the rich Mexican technological cultural history, and a celebration of San Francisco’s Mission District— a historic center of the city’s Latinx and Mexican-American communities. Since opening two weeks ago, 26% of attendees have been local residents of the Mission District who received free admission through our community program.
As we continue to provide enriching experiences like TECHS-MECHS as part of our 15th anniversary year of programming focused on the theme of ACCESS, we rely on the generosity of supporters like you. By purchasing a ticket, you will not only be contributing to the ongoing efforts of Gray Area but also supporting the diverse community of creative practitioners we empower.
$95 Early Bird!
$145 General Admission
Enjoy drinks at the cocktail hour starting at 8PM and admission to the Sync performance at 9PM.
$105 tax-deductible contribution
$175 Early Bird!
$250 General Admission
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Enjoy the cocktail hour starting at 8PM and admission to the Sync performance at 9PM.
Tax-deductible contribution of $170
$500
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++Meet the artists at a special Meet & Greet event at 7PM.
Tax-deductible contribution of $460
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SYNC
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Eli Keszler
Thursday, April 20 & Friday, April 21, 2023
7-8PM Patron Experience: Artist Meet & Greet
8PM Doors open for cocktail hour
9PM Sync Performance
Gray Area Address:
2665 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110
This performance may not be suited for people with photosensitive epilepsy due to flashing lights.
View our FAQ page for more info, or contact us at [email protected] with any accommodation requests.
Seated program
All ages
A multi-instrumentalist, Eli Keszler has released numerous solo albums, his most recent being ICONS (2021, LuckyMe), and presented his work at The Kitchen in New York; Lincoln Center, the MIT List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts; the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and other spaces around the world. He has previously worked with Kevin Beasley, Oneohtrix Point Never, Skrillex, and many more artists.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer was born in Mexico City in 1967. In 1989 he received a B.Sc. in Physical Chemistry from Concordia University in Montréal, Canada. A media artist working at the intersection of architecture and performance art, Lozano-Hemmer creates platforms for public participation using technologies such as robotic lights, digital fountains, computerized surveillance, media walls, and telematic networks. Inspired by phantasmagoria, carnival, and animatronics, his light and shadow works are "antimonuments for alien agency". Read more
