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Madison Square Park's Eerie, Electrifying LED Ghost Land

Nov 14, 2010 05:15 PM

Engineer-turned-artist Jim Campbell's recent installation "Scattered Light" converts New York City's Madison Square Park into a ghostly world of light bulb pixels. Campbell dangled 2,000 floating LED light bulbs programmed to display shadowy human silhouettes passing by.

Illuminated football goalpost in a dark urban setting with decorative lights.

How did he do it?

Well, keep in mind Campbell is no amateur- with two degrees in electrical engineering and math from MIT, the artist is well equipped to express his vision. But for the D.I.Y. curious, here's a brief snapshot of Campbell's process from New York Magazine.

See "Scattered Light" in action below; the piece will be up for viewing from now until February 2011.

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