Marcos Lutyens
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Marcos Lutyens is an interdisciplinary artist who uses cognitive techniques such as hypnosis
and technology such as robotics
and sensor
s to create art performances, sculptures & installations.
, as well as the unknown beyond our normal sensory perceptions. He has exhibited and performed in various museums, galleries and locations around the world, including at the GSK/Royal Academy
, London, LACMA, Los Angeles and the Centre Pompidou, Paris. He studied social sciences at Edinburgh University, but like his celebrated relative Sir Edwin Lutyens is largely self taught, adapting to a range of rapidly emerging disciplines and techniques.
and was sponsored in addition by Siemens
and Morley Composites. CO2morrow is an 8.5 meter in diameter sculpture that displays data relating to atmospheric levels of CO2 across its surface. The sculpture was first exhibited at eARTh: Art of a changing world, at the GSK/Royal Academy of Arts, London: Co-curated by Kathleen Soriano, Director of Exhibitions at the Royal Academy, David Buckland, Director of Cape Farewell, and, Edith Devaney, Royal Academy.
The installation has also been on exhibit at Seaton Delaval Hall
. This project has been at the forefront of discussions related to Climategate on whether climate change
is actually happening or not. Regardless of the fact that in the June 2010 Newsweek issue the controversy was called a "highly orchestrated, manufactured scandal", CO2morrow's goal is to shed more light on this issue as well as to push the boundaries of art, science and cognition.
, San Francisco (2008), Artists Space, NYC (2009), Kunstverein, Amsterdam (2009), Kadist Art Foundation Paris (2009), Pompidou Centre (2010) as part of Raimundas Malasauskas' Repetition Island, (2010) and Artissima, Turin.
Contributing artists include: Carey Young
, Etienne Chambaud
and Robert Barry
.
and cross-modal architectural portraiture, presented at Ars Electronica
and published in Michael Shamiyeh's bestselling book: What people want. One of the volunteers involved was Colleen Silva who was singled out by Richard Cytowic
due to her unique synesthetic dispositions.
, Los Angeles and Gallery Klosterfelde, Berlin, with Ron Athey
and Professor Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
working with hypnosis and synesthesia. Lutyens' projects sometimes involve collectives and he has worked with diverse groups and associations such as US/Mexico border migrants, the Muxhe
in Oaxaca (the Bestiary Project), Birmingham architects (as part of the Fierce! Festival) and at-risk youth in Los Angeles (HeArt Project). He has also worked in production design projects most notably with the film maker and artist Bruno Aveillan
.
Hypnosis
Hypnosis is "a trance state characterized by extreme suggestibility, relaxation and heightened imagination."It is a mental state or imaginative role-enactment . It is usually induced by a procedure known as a hypnotic induction, which is commonly composed of a long series of preliminary...
and technology such as robotics
Robotics
Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...
and sensor
Sensor
A sensor is a device that measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal which can be read by an observer or by an instrument. For example, a mercury-in-glass thermometer converts the measured temperature into expansion and contraction of a liquid which can be read on a calibrated...
s to create art performances, sculptures & installations.
Life and work
Lutyens' work centers on explorations of the unknown within, also known as the unconscious mindUnconscious mind
The unconscious mind is a term coined by the 18th century German romantic philosopher Friedrich Schelling and later introduced into English by the poet and essayist Samuel Taylor Coleridge...
, as well as the unknown beyond our normal sensory perceptions. He has exhibited and performed in various museums, galleries and locations around the world, including at the GSK/Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
, London, LACMA, Los Angeles and the Centre Pompidou, Paris. He studied social sciences at Edinburgh University, but like his celebrated relative Sir Edwin Lutyens is largely self taught, adapting to a range of rapidly emerging disciplines and techniques.
CO2morrow (2009–2010)
This sculpture, in collaboration with Alessandro Marianantoni, was commissioned by the National TrustNational Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
and was sponsored in addition by Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
and Morley Composites. CO2morrow is an 8.5 meter in diameter sculpture that displays data relating to atmospheric levels of CO2 across its surface. The sculpture was first exhibited at eARTh: Art of a changing world, at the GSK/Royal Academy of Arts, London: Co-curated by Kathleen Soriano, Director of Exhibitions at the Royal Academy, David Buckland, Director of Cape Farewell, and, Edith Devaney, Royal Academy.
The installation has also been on exhibit at Seaton Delaval Hall
Seaton Delaval Hall
Seaton Delaval Hall is a Grade I listed country house in Northumberland, England. It is near the coast just north of Newcastle upon Tyne. Located between Seaton Sluice and Seaton Delaval, it was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1718 for Admiral George Delaval and is now owned by the National...
. This project has been at the forefront of discussions related to Climategate on whether climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
is actually happening or not. Regardless of the fact that in the June 2010 Newsweek issue the controversy was called a "highly orchestrated, manufactured scandal", CO2morrow's goal is to shed more light on this issue as well as to push the boundaries of art, science and cognition.
Hypnotic Show (2008–2010)
A temporary social structure of engaging into cognitive acts through shared practices of art and hypnosis. This migrating performance uses the method of hypnosis conducted by Marcos Lutyens to upload artists' scenarios directly into participants' minds. The project is curated by Raimundas Malasauskas and has been performed at: Jessica Silverman GalleryJessica Silverman
Jessica Silverman is an American art dealer who lives and works in San Francisco, California.Silverman received her Masters degree in Curatorial Practice from California College of the Arts. She is the current owner and founder of Silverman Gallery in San Francisco where her artist and exhibition...
, San Francisco (2008), Artists Space, NYC (2009), Kunstverein, Amsterdam (2009), Kadist Art Foundation Paris (2009), Pompidou Centre (2010) as part of Raimundas Malasauskas' Repetition Island, (2010) and Artissima, Turin.
Contributing artists include: Carey Young
Carey Young
Carey Young is a visual artist who incorporates a variety of media such as video, photography, performative events and installation into her works, which investigate the increasing incorporation of the personal and public domains into the realm of the commercial...
, Etienne Chambaud
Etienne Chambaud
Etienne Chambaud is a French artist based in Paris.- External links :* *...
and Robert Barry
Robert Barry (artist)
Robert Barry is an American artist. Since 1967, Barry has produced non-material works of art, installations, and performance art using a variety of otherwise invisible media...
.
McSyn (2004)
A work involving synesthesiaSynesthesia
Synesthesia , from the ancient Greek , "together," and , "sensation," is a neurologically based condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway...
and cross-modal architectural portraiture, presented at Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica is an organization based in Linz, Austria, founded in 1979 around a festival for art, technology and society that was part of the International Bruckner Festival. Herbert W. Franke is one of its founders. It became its own festival and a yearly event in 1986. Its director until 1995...
and published in Michael Shamiyeh's bestselling book: What people want. One of the volunteers involved was Colleen Silva who was singled out by Richard Cytowic
Richard Cytowic
Richard E. Cytowic is an American neurologist and author who rekindled interest in studying synesthesia in the 1980s. He was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his New York Times Magazine cover story about James Brady, the Presidential Press Secretary shot in the brain during the assassination...
due to her unique synesthetic dispositions.
Additional projects
Lutyens has collaborated with several leading investigators of art and consciousness including Marcos Novak, particularly on the project Eduction: the alien within, with Matt Mullican on projects in the Anton Kern Gallery, NYC, LACELos Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Located in Hollywood, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions is a nonprofit exhibition space and archive of the visual arts for the city of Los Angeles, California, USA...
, Los Angeles and Gallery Klosterfelde, Berlin, with Ron Athey
Ron Athey
Ron Athey is an American performance artist associated with body art and with extreme performance art. He has performed in the U.S. and internationally . Athey's work explores challenging subjects like the relationships between desire, sexuality, and traumatic experience...
and Professor Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Vilayanur Subramanian "Rama" Ramachandran, born 1951, is a neuroscientist known for his work in the fields of behavioral neurology and visual psychophysics...
working with hypnosis and synesthesia. Lutyens' projects sometimes involve collectives and he has worked with diverse groups and associations such as US/Mexico border migrants, the Muxhe
Muxe
In Zapotec cultures of Oaxaca , a muxe is a physically male individual who dresses and behaves in a feminine manner; they may be seen as a third gender. Some marry women and have children while others choose men as sexual or romantic partners...
in Oaxaca (the Bestiary Project), Birmingham architects (as part of the Fierce! Festival) and at-risk youth in Los Angeles (HeArt Project). He has also worked in production design projects most notably with the film maker and artist Bruno Aveillan
Bruno Aveillan
Bruno Aveillan is a multimedia artist, a photographer and a film maker.- Biography :Bruno Aveillan was born in Toulouse. He is one of France's most distinguished and internationally sought after commercials directors. After graduating from Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Toulouse, he joined...
.