Before corgis in the sky – how the Georgians invented the light show

In Britain, we have become increasingly obsessed with immersive light shows. At the Now Building near Tottenham Court Road, pedestrians wander through a digital exhibition space which integrates with the pavement and shows visions of psychedelia, scenes from cinema history and a four storey high photo-real metronome. Last year, to mark the late Queens’ Platinum Jubilee, images of Her Majesty were projected on landmark buildings, from Buckingham Palace to Stonehenge. The sky was filled with corgi