The Asian Alan Parsons Project
Move over Bloods and Crips, there's a new gangland feud, and this one's happening in Hong Kong, between Hong Kong and Kowloon Islands. Of course, by gangland feud, we mean healthy competition involving nighttime laser light shows. But it's a throwdown nonetheless!
In 2004, Hong Kong Island launched their "Symphony of Lights"; 21 buildings beaming lasers and lights into the sky in nightly 20-minute display. Kowloon launched their own competing show a year later, but they have a mere 12 buildings equipped with lasers, so it's not a fair competition quite yet.
The show has a theme and narration, which can be heard on the radio or by mobile phone, but unless you're in the Hayden Planetarium, narration to accompany your blinky lights is not necessary for full enjoyment. Could we see this kind of competition between Minneapolis and St. Paul in the near future?
[Image via Webel Photography/Flickr]
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· Hong Kong's Light Fantastic [Times of London]
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