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An infamous painting by LS Lowry is to be brought to life in Manchester and Salford using ordinary people passing by.

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Two Manchester artists have started an ambition art project based on Lowry's 1954 painting, Piccadilly Gardens.

Using motion sensor cameras, James Bailey and Alastair Eilbeck will film passers-by and use their movements to bring Lowry figures to life in a giant projection of the painting.

Lowry's work provided inspiration for Eilbeck, a former University of Salford student, and Lowry to Life marks the opening of the new University of Salford building at MediaCityUK on Saturday.

'I'm very interested in art in public spaces and much of Lowry's art depicted people in public scenes, so there was a common link from the start.' said Eilbeck.

The cameras are set up in Piccadilly Gardens and Salford Quays, filming members of the public as they move, reproducing their movements in real time.

The end result will be the recreation of the painting with Lowry's matchstick figures moving through a digital projection of the scene.

'The effect... will be similar to split pin puppets which I think will capture the spirit of Lowry,' said Mr Eilbeck. 'I hope it's an interpretation of his work of which he would have approved.'

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