'Skies Painted with Unnumbered Sparks' is a sculpture by Janet Echelman that has been installed outside the Vancouver Convention Centre for the duration of TED2014.
The 745 foot long net is suspended above the area between the Convention Centre and Canada Place, and in a collaboration with Google, is lit by projectors that are controlled by the smartphones of visitors.
The piece is amazing to look at, and is impressively large, even more so given that it's only on display for a week.
Tonight, it appeared that quite literally every photographer in Vancouver had turned out to photograph the sculpture, and you could barely move for tripods, so getting an uncluttered shot was a challenge! I wanted to show the sculpture in the context of the city around it, so I photographed this from the north side of the sculpture, looking at the downtown buildings beyond.
The red lighting of the convention centre on the right made a nice contrast to the blue-purple of the sculpture, so I took this 2 row panorama to allow me to capture that, as well as the railing leading into the photo.
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What a fantastic image. Amazing sculpture ...will it be moved to another location? Such a shame that it will be such a short lived event. I thought it was Northern Lights gone mad at first. Just a spectacular image and great job getting an "uncluttered" shot. Super FAV
Alexis. I love her work! Have you seen her TedTalk about her creative process? I used that talk in my online Open Ed course I designed for English composition and how to reflect on process for writing portfolios. Stunning sot as always!! Fav.
@eyesmile Thank you! As far as I'm aware it's just going to be displayed in Vancouver this week, it's not going on tour. It really is stunning, and really fits into the space -- I wish they'd make it a permanent fixture.
@kwind Thank you! It's a great thing for Vancouver to host. There's so many interesting talks, and while I'd love to go in person, it's great that they're all available to view online free of charge.
Alexis, your compositions are always so interesting to me as you make such effective use of line, curve and shape to add interest and dimension to your shots. I am also intrigued with your ability to nail the lighting with narry one blown out light to be seen. Impressive and a fav.
April 1st, 2014
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Fantastic colours and details as always. Fav
@kwind Thank you! It's a great thing for Vancouver to host. There's so many interesting talks, and while I'd love to go in person, it's great that they're all available to view online free of charge.
@darylo Thanks! I have, yes, she's a great speaker (as is just about everyone at TED!) There's a brief video on this installation on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjTmG-TBHQ