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Under Scan was installed in Trafalgar Square, London from 15 - 23 November 2008. 

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Under Scan, by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer,  is a large-scale public art installation featuring over 1,000 interactive portraits.  It was created specifically for the East Midlands region of the United Kingdom.  In November 2008 it toured to London with over 200 additional portraits of Londoners.

From November 2005 until March 2006 Under Scan toured the region, transforming large pedestrian areas in Lincoln, Leicester, Northampton, Derby and Nottingham into a huge shadow play.
 
In each location Under Scan was live for at least ten nights from dusk every evening.
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The Under Scan tour:

 

25 November - 4 December 2005:    Brayford Campus, Lincoln University
 
12 January - 22 January 2006:        Humberstone Gate, Leicester
 
3 - 12 February 2006:                    Market Square, Northampton
 
24 February - 5 March 2006:           Market Place, Derby
 
16 - 26 March 2006:                      Canal Side at Castle Wharf, Nottingham
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Under Scan is a public art installation featuring over 1,000 interactive video portraits of people from the East Midlands and London.  The portraits were filmed in the East Midlands by a a team of local filmmakers from July to October 2005 and in London at Tate Modern in September 2008.  When the portraits are projected on the ground, people make them ''come alive'' by covering them with their shadows, which are cast by a powerful projector.

Under Scan is the latest instalment of Lozano-Hemmer’s acclaimed Relational Architecture series which includes high-profile commissions for the United Nations World Summit in Lyon, the Millennium in Mexico City, the European Capital of Culture celebrations in Rotterdam and the opening of the Yamaguchi Centre for Art and Media in Japan.

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This major work was commissioned by East Midlands Development Agency (emda) in association with other regional partners including the Arts Council of England, East Midlands to help mark the massive programme of cultural activity in the five locations, including major new capital developments. The project aimed to help drive cultural tourism, strategically boost economic development, and to put the East Midlands on the map for hosting internationally significant new visual arts work.

Under Scan is produced by ArtReach.

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