Archive for October 9th, 2008

Park to light up by taking visitor’s pulses

Posted by stephen on October 9, 2008

Visitors to Madison Square Park in Manhattan, NYC, will have the opportunity to see their heartbeats brought to life in an interactive light installation by Mexican artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.
Two sensor sculptures will monitor the hart rates of passers-by, and will activate 200 theatrical spotlights, creating a pulsating matrix of light across the central lawn.
The installation [...]