Earlier this month in Alberta, Canada, at the Nuit Blanche
Calgary, an exhibit called CLOUD showed how even the simplest
inventions still inspire awe and wonder. The art installation,
which was set up in Olympic Plaza park,was made up of 6,000
light bulbs: 1,000 working and 5,000 burnt out. Hanging from the
cloud were thousands of chains, each of them attached to a
single bulb. Visitors stood underneath the cloud and pulled at
the chains. The cloud would brighten and dim as this happened,
and judging by the video, it was a beautiful sight to see. The
incandescent bulbs for the interactive sculpture were collected
through donations from local homes and businesses. In an email
to Discovery News, Caitlind r.c. Brown, the designer of the
CLOUD said that, "The idea was to create an informal
collaboration between the community and the artists, reduce
costs and experiment with the potential of items post-use."
Brown described the arduous process of putting up the structure,
saying it required "a small team of strong