INTERSECTION ARTICULEE - Ballet de la lumiere

If you have been wondering what those lights above Montreal are I have good news. We have not been invaded by aliens (refer to THIS). Actually we are just the latest landing pad for an exhibit by Montreal based artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer whose previous interactive works have been presented in the world's largest cities.

An article on the installation reports "What's fascinating about the experience is that it's a social interaction that takes place in the sky. Even as human participants control the beams from terra firma they intersect and interact in the skies above Montreal, creating a kind of celestial encounter. You really have to experience it to understand it fully."

The enormous 10 000-watt spotlights can be seen and controlled at Le Parterre in the Quartier des Spectacles as part of La Triennale Quebecoise 2011 until November 6.

More photos after the jump!

Photos via HERE