Future Sessions: Atmospheric Memory – In Conversation with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and José Luis de Vicente

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Future Sessions: Atmospheric Memory - In Conversation with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and José Luis de Vicente

6 July 2019

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Presented by Future Sessions, Artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and curator José Luis de Vicente will discuss the origins and making of the breathtaking installation, Atmospheric Memory. Over the course of the event the pair will unravel the ideas behind this highly ambitious project and how Charles Babbage’s remarkable ideas relate to our increasingly technologically-driven society.

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