Jennifer walking, orange
2010 / LED double sided monolith / 186.5 x 86 x 26 cm
3 men walking
2008 / LED (circular) / 205 x 135 x 135 cm
Tina walking, orange
2010 / LED double sided monolith / 186.5 x 86 x 26 cm

Courtesy Julian Opie & Lisson Gallery, London

Julian Opie uses LED technology to form life-size panels, featuring electronic "stick figures" walking randomly in both directions. These panels reflect in a virtual way the pedestrians walking along the main alley of the Expo Boulevard. Opie's portraits transform individual subjects into universal signs, questioning the genre of portraiture itself, extended into moving animations. The animated figures walk, smile or dance with the fluidity of movement of real humans. Their movements are hypnotic, creating in the viewer a heightened sense of his own physical presence.