The Glow Project 2003 will be sponsored - in terms of equipment - by the large-format projection specialists. The two-part event will consist of projections onto a major public building in Brighton on the first night, followed the next evening by a community arts event taking place in Adelaide Crescent and Palmeira Square, in a similar vein to the Glow Project's inaugural concept last year.
The first Glow Project was the public projection of a collection of images chosen by residents in Kensington Place - dubbed "the artiest street in Brighton". The images were converted into large-scale artwork for the projections onto walls in the street, and each household also projected individual PowerPoint presentations of their own images outside their own windows - resulting in the whole street coming alive with digital life. It proved a massive success. About 15 houses participated in the slide show, and were joined by hundreds of other interested neighbours and residents keen to discover more, and to contribute in other ways.
This year over 30 houses have so far announced their intention to participate in The Glow Project, and all have been asked to provide images reflecting themselves, their lives and their relationships with the town.
On Friday 21 November, the public projection will take place, and on the 22 November, E//T//C will help transform the two streets with large-scale projections of up to 200 pieces of artwork. They will co-ordinate and run the entire visual element of the event supplying two of the new PIGI 2.5 kW S projectors, plus two video projectors. The most suitable houses in the street will be chosen for projection surfaces, and PIGIs will be used to create a constantly changing central montage of different images.
(Ruth Rossington)
