The largest installation of interactive art in the world is taking place in a week\'s time in Dublin to celebrate Ireland\'s \'Day of Welcomes\'. Vectorial elevation, created by the Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, is one of the many events happening countrywide to mark the historic accesion of ten new Member States to the European Union.
The Dublin project takes place on O\'Connell Street where 22 robotic searchlights will be placed. These lights will project into the sky and will be controlled by anyone who, as of April 22, 2004, logs onto the website www.dublinelevation.net. Via this website people will be able to design their own enormous light sculptures in the sky of Dublin. The website will have a 3D virtual model of the city where participants can make a light design using the 22 robotic searchlights. As submissions arrive from the internet, every fifteen seconds a new pattern will be displayed in the sky. With 154,000 watts of power, the beams of light will be visible from a distance of 15 kilometres. ParticipantsÕ names and dedications will be shown on a large screen in the street and on personal web pages that will be made automatically for each design. The website will also present a live broadcast from four video cameras placed around the city centre so that remote viewers can see the current state of the installation.