The Animation of Liberty Hall

Dervla | August 25, 2009

As part of the upcoming Dublin Theatre Festival , the south and west sides of Liberty Hall are being turned into a giant animation canvas. Members of the public can create animations with sound and music via the Playhouse website. These animations will be broadcast on Liberty Hall during the festival from September 24th until October 11th.

Powering the display are 100,000 low-energy LED lights, installed into 330 windows on the south and west faces of the building. These lights can illuminate each window as a solid colour turning it into a tiny pixel that’s part of a giant display.

The project was born from a series of conversations and connections made in the Science Gallery in Trinity College Dublin. Originally inspired by the Blinkenlights installation in Berlin, Playhouse raises the technological bar with the ability to produce colour animations.


Photo from Playhouse Flickr Stream

Photo above and more can be found on the Playhouse Flickr stream here.

What a wonderful idea.

Categories
Art, Dervla, Dublin, Events, exhibition, Festivals
Comments rss
Comments rss
Trackback
Trackback

« »

4 Responses to “The Animation of Liberty Hall”

  1. Brandon says:
    August 27, 2009 at 10:40 am

    Brilliant, Dervla! I love public art exhibitions like this. Looking forward to seeing it all come together.

  2. Noelene says:
    August 28, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    Brilliant photo, Dervla.
    Just love these exhibitions. Keep them coming!!

  3. Playhouse Dublin says:
    September 2, 2009 at 12:22 am

    Hi,

    Just letting you know that there is a prize of €1000 put forward by the main sponsor Daft.ie for the Best Animation Submitted over the course of the festival.

    To create an animation visit: http://www.daft.ie/playhouse

  4. Playhouse Dublin says:
    September 2, 2009 at 12:23 am

    PS. There are lots more photos up on our Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/playhousedublin

Leave a Reply