Searchlights - Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
October 24, 2011 
As part of its Québec Triennial, the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal commissioned artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer to create a light show outside the museum at the Places des festivals, part of Montreal's new Quartier des spectacles. The show is called Intersection articulée: Architecture relationnelle 18.
Lozano-Hemmer has installed nine searchlights on the roofs of the museum and neighboring buildings. The searchlights randomly shine beams of light into the night sky. The artist has also placed nine other searchlights at ground level. These searchlights can be manipulated by members of the public.
The searchlights operate Sunday to Wednesday from 7:30 to 11:00 PM and Thursday to Saturday from 7:30 PM to midnight at the Place des festivals. The show continues until November 6, 2011.
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