Enlighten Edinburgh

Sorry about the lack of blog these last while.   Christmas, you know.   Now on  with the entry!   Back in March the Edinburgh City of Literature Trust projected quotes from the Scottish Enlightment onto various buildings around the city centre for a few days.   Naturally I went out to photograph it, and it was well worth it!   Here are a few of my favourite photos from it:

This was a giant globe in Charlotte Sqaure with a Geological and weather type video and a James Hutton quote projected onto it.   "A succession of worlds...no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end".   Being a James Hutton fan, I found it quite exciting.

This is the Royal Society of Edinburgh building on George Street, lit up with an Adam Smith quote: "Science is the great antidote against the poison of superstition and enthusiasm".   I have to say this was the best projection for me.   It was so big and bold and striking.   The use of the features of the building was very clever and the whole thing was just beautiful.   The whole project was pretty awesome actually.   A great idea, and well executed.  There were more projections, but the pictures of those weren't particularly exciting.   And so, I shall leave you with this:

Not actaully part of Enlighten Edinburgh.   This a shopfront on George Street.   They project a live webcam view of a beach in California onto their windows 24 hours a day.   Pretty cool, huh?