08-22-2012, 10:02 AM
Quote:Hadrian’s Wall is to be turned into what organisers claim will be the world’s longest artwork, an installation spanning 73 miles.
Connecting Light will consists of 450 giant balloons fitted with LED lights, hovering above the Roman structure in locations from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway.
The balloons will transmit ‘messages’ to each other that translate into different colours. As the messages move from one balloon to another, the installation will become a line of pulsating colours stretching into the distance.
The project is part of the London 2012 Festival and is the brainchild of New York-based digital arts collective YesYesNo...
The work will take place from dusk until 11pm on August 31 and September 1. Nine viewing locations have been set up, all free and non-ticketed, where the majority of the balloons will be located.
The Telegraph
Might be cool. Might be terrible. It's drawing attention to the Wall, at least.
David J. Cord
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