Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is an Electronic-Artist working in Canada, but born in Mexico City in 1967. His large-scale, interactive pieces have been commissioned around the world. Rafael’s work is usually public, fashioned in a manner where casual onlookers, bystanders and the curious can manipulate his pieces by way of voice, motion, heartbeat, shadows, etc. The Guggenheim in New York City commissioned a piece by Rafael, which will open September 16th. From the WSJ:

This fall, the Montreal-based artist plans to turn people’s voices into colors. On Sept. 16, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York will unveil “Levels of Nothingness,” his interactive installation that will allow people to speak into a microphone connected to a computer that can match their voices’ traits, such as pitch and tone, to certain colors. A network of roving spotlights around the museum’s theater will instantly send the corresponding hues shooting around the room like at a rock concert. Actress Isabella Rossellini has already signed up to speak first, according to her spokeswoman.

Google this dude all day today. You won’t regret it. Video of Rafael’s “Wavefunction” and “Less Than Three” below.

The Color of Sound [WSJ]
Video [YouTube]