Hollywood Cowboys: The Wild Bunch

At certain times of the year I drive down Cahuenga Blvd on my way to ComedySportz  just as the sun is setting. I often notice the shadow of this giant cowboy silhouette, which resides on top of the Laser Pacific building, projected on the wall of the Ren Mar studios across the street.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/puck90/1411523354/in/photostream/

Update: This is part of the Hollywood Shadow Project

LOS ANGELES (AP) – It could be called solar-powered movie magic. An artist has introduced a series of rooftop, billboard-sized cutouts that cast silhouettes of famous movie scenes on the walls of nearby studio buildings. Some of the classic shots that artist-architect Cameron McNall re-created in his Shadow Project include the posse from The Wild Bunch and Cary Grant being chased by a plane in North by Northwest. "It’s not like art in a museum," said McNall, 45, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles Design/Media Arts Department.

McNall is a principal of Electroland, a firm that designs interior and large-scale urban installations typically with a strong technology component

For more info go to electroland.net/projects/hollywood/

Thanks to Cameron McNall for emailing sending me the link.

~ by alisoninconstantiphotography on November 7, 2007.