I was digging deep into my Delicious bookmarks and came across a link to Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s work. The link was dead, but I remember being inspired by the piece he installed in Mexico City, so I googled him to see what he’s up to these days. Delightfully I found his latest piece launched last night: Vectorial Elevation.

Vectorial Elevation is an interactive artwork that allows participants to transform the sky over Vancouver, Canada. Using a three-dimensional interface, this web site lets you design huge light sculptures by directing 20 robotic searchlights located around English Bay. A web page is made for each participant with photos of their design from four cameras located around the city.

I don’t have time at the moment to play with it, especially since Google Earth isn’t playing with Chrome nicely — laughable. But if I’m able to come up with a compelling configuration, I’ll look to post the results here.

Go out and juggle 20 light-cannons!