Douglas Coupland's "Northern Lights", will be featured on the 60-storey TELUS Sky tower in downtown Calgary.
Video still from Northern Lights by Douglas Coupland/Vimeo
Made from 600 custom LED bulbs, Coupland's installation will follow the curvature of the building and be integrated into the structure's window frames, creating individual ‘pixels,’ that can be programmed to change colour, form patterns and communicate concealed messages that viewers can decode with a free downloadable app.
Montreal-based lighting firm SACO, who created the NASDAQ signage in New York, is also involved.
Coupland has likened the installation to the crescendo of a fireworks display. You can watch a short film about the installation HERE.
Photo/Vancouver Convention Centre
Douglas Coupland attended Sentinel Secondary School in West Vancouver and graduated from Emily Carr in 1984. He's best known for his novels (Generation X, Shampoo Planet), and visual art. He created the Digital Orca sculpture at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
