Earlier this week, Lindy came into work one morning and told us that she had just seen something very odd on her way to work. The iconic Liberty Hall building in Dublin City Centre was all lit up, she said, and the lights were flashing and there was an arrow on the building and a figure of a female dancing. Of course, we all thought that she needed some extra sleep or had had a heavy weekend that she wasn't telling us about but it turns out there was a very rational explanation for the whole thing, and it's something you lot can get involved with!
As part of Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival, from the 24th of September until the 11th of October 2009, Playhouse will transform Liberty Hall into a 50 metre, low resolution, TV screen. Members of the public are invited to create animations with sound and music, via our website, and broadcast them across the city's skyline.
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 and was originally inspired by the Blinkenlights installation in Berlin.
This video gives you an idea of what it'll all look like.
Dancers from Playhouse on Vimeo.
And if you want more information on how you can get involved, then click here