I am a big fan of mass participation projects, and recently came across these two great examples. The first is from 1919 and shows 18,000 army recruits making a huge Statue of Liberty….
The second is from South Korea and shows what happens when lots of people open and close their jackets in unison….
Do they tickle your fancy?
Scary. Simply scary. Groupthink on meth.
That’s amazing!
That would’ve taken a lot of training but the end result is fantastic.
I love the South Korean one. Looks fun!
The human LCD is amazing.
The first is actually a lot more impressive that is immediately obvious. The image is corrected for perspective, so the flame right at the back would have needed many thousands of soldiers.
If I had to hazard a guess, just a wild stab in the dark I would guess around 19, 000
I suppose I asked for that. I would guess that probably about half were in the torch. 9000 is “many thousands” right?
So the figures are in. 12,000 people in the flame alone, 14,800 in the flame/torch. I think that counts as many thousands.
very impressive
18,000? Are you sure? A very crude estimate would suggest around 5-600 for everything to the level of the statue’s left arm.
Would suggest 1,800 more likely.
Just read point made by Martin above about the image being adjusted for perspective and he’s quite right.
However, still think 18,000 is way too many.
It says so on the picture itself, “18,000 Officers and Men”. Unless that strange-looking 1 isn’t a 1 at all, and it was supposed to say 8000?
Maybeit’s 8k in grey as the statue and 10k in camouflage as the field?
On closer inspection it looks like there are more men in the torch than in the staute, so 18k is probably right.
Yep, 14,800 in the torch and flame.
The army one’s impressive and a bit scary, the SoKo one’s just impressive. Fighting!
Video is perhaps more impressive than real life, considering that most of it is sped up — double or triple the real-time speed. (Look at the players on the field.) Still very cool, though.
for the curious about the liberty picture:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/patriotic/liberty.asp
The Human LCD video was great. It must have taken a lot of effort and practice to make that work. The Statue of Liberty one was good, but that statue looked a bit too fat to me! It didn’t seem that realistic.
The human LCD is wicked. Reminded me of the Aussie Carlton BIG ad….
I have seen that photo of the Statue of Liberty many times over the last 25 years. I am surprised if you have only “recentl” discovered it.
As far as I can remember from previous sources, about 14,000 men formed the torch and about 4,000 formed the rest of it.
From
http://www.snopes.com/photos/patriotic/liberty.asp
Base to shoulder: 150 feet long, 2000 men
Right arm: 340 feet long, 1200 men
Face: 60 feet long
Spike on headpiece: 70 feet long
Torch: 380 feet long, 2800 men
Flame: 600 feet long, 12000 men
More similar pictures:
http://www.hammergallery.com/images/peoplepictures/people%20pictures.htm
I’m terrible at memorising body moves. If I was in the human LCD, I would be the dead pixel.
Both of them are pretty cool. The human LCD looks a cross between being on a cheer squad and being a dancer. That might be very appealing to students who don’t play an instrument.
Just wondering whether that’s South or North Korea, honestly…
really impressive with Korean vid >, <
The army one’s impressive and a bit scary, the SoKo one’s just impressive. Fighting!
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