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12 - San Francisco

ILLUMINATE
SF 2015
FESTIVAL OF LIGHT GUIDE
336 DAYS OF EXPERIENCES
27 DRAMATIC LIGHT ART INSTALLATIONS
12 NEIGHBORHOODS
5 FREE LIGHT ART TOURS
AND MORE
WWW.ILLUMINATESF.COM
ILLUMINATE SF GUIDE 2015
TABLE OF
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Murmur Wall, Future Cities Lab - Yerba Buena
Photo credit: Future Cities Lab
ILLUMINATE SF
FESTIVAL OF LIGHT
BY THE NUMBERS
36 Days of Experiences
27 Dramatic Light Art Installations
12 Neighborhoods
5 Free Guided Light Art Tours
1 Citywide Gallery of Light!
2015 ILLUMINATE SF GUIDE
City Hall in San Francisco Giants colors
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Photo credit: City Hall
WHY SAN FRANCISCO
IS AN AWESOME
CITY FOR LIGHT ART
As a center for creativity, innovation and invention, San Francisco has
attracted the world’s most notable light artists like, well, moths to a
flame. This year, from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day, the city’s third
annual Illuminate SF Festival of Light shines a light on 27 dramatic,
eco-friendly light art installations — accessible by public transit and
most are admission free.
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The works come to life at dusk throughout 12 San Francisco
neighborhoods with a luminescence that will turn any evening into an
illuminating adventure – especially when combined with exploring the
city’s world-class museums, galleries, performing arts centers, restaurants,
and cultural events along the Embarcadero, in North Beach, SoMa,
Potrero, Mission Bay, Bayview, Civic Center, Central Market, Mission,
Hayes Valley, Inner Sunset, Golden Gate Park, and even when flying in
or out of San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
Illuminate SF Festival of Light is presented by the San Francisco Travel
Association in collaboration with local civic, arts and cultural partners.
This year’s light art celebration includes four guided tours and a guided
illuminated bike ride, artist talks and light-centric neighborhood events.
More brilliant ideas include buildings brimming with light, exhibits and
special events at museums and galleries, and self-guided itineraries.
Spirogyrate, Eric Staller – SFO
Photo credit: Eric Staller
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FREE GUIDED
LIGHT ART TOURS
(AND A BIKE RIDE!)
Skygarden, James Turrell - Central Market
Photo credit: Carlos Avila Gonzalez
San Francisco Chronicle/Polaris
‘Tis the festive season of light, and Illuminate SF Festival of Light is
making it brighter still, with free neighborhood light art tours, artist
talks and brilliant fun! Tours are free but attendance is limited. To
register, click the RSVP link at the bottom of each individual tour listing.
Light art tours are via motor coach and on foot, plus a guided bike ride
tours neighborhoods with the highest concentration of brilliant light art
installations. Tours are presented by San Francisco Travel Association,
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the official tourism marketing organization for the City and County of
San Francisco, and Robin Marks of Discovery Street Tours, a local
company that offers “adventurous strolls for inquisitive souls”
exploring intersections of science, art and culture in San Francisco.
Soma, Flaming Lotus Girls - Embarcadero
Photo credit: Jason Chinn
North Beach + Embarcadero Light Art Tour
When: Thursday, December 3 at 6:00 p.m.
Where: Meet at Jack Kerouac Alley and Columbus Avenue
Don your most brilliant lighted gear and wearable art for an evening of
illuminated pageantry! Meet Robin Marks of Discovery Street Tours in
Jack Kerouac Alley for a short walk to the nearby light art installation
Language of the Birds, where artists Brian Goggin and Dorka Keehn
will share their experiences. Next, travel via motor coach to Embarcadero
Pier 14 and the brilliant interactive light installation Soma, first seen at
Burning Man 2009. Participants will hear the story of its creation by
artists in Flaming Lotus Girls. From here, view The Bay Lights in its
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entire splendor, as the lights are “tested” in anticipation of its Grand
Relighting. Joining the group will be a representative of the artwork’s
presenting organization Illuminate, who’ll share details of the January
30, 2016 festivities. Tide permitting, participants can expect a visit from
Bubbleboat, Eric Staller’s seaworthy 12-foot dome with over 600 lights.
Finally, everyone will have the opportunity to experience After Dark:
Glow, a festive “Thursday Nights at the Exploratorium” event
featuring special programs and light-filled activities until 10 p.m.
(Transportation and discounted admission arranged for tour participants.)
Don’t forget to charge your cell phones and cameras – you’re going to
want photos! Share them using #illuminatesf
Please RSVP here only if you are sure you will attend.
Bubbleboat, Eric Staller - Citywide Sightings
Photo credit: John Curley
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Central Market + Civic Center Light Art Tour
Where: Meet at the Federal Building, 90 Seventh St. at Mission
This illuminating evening begins on the Mission Street plaza of the Federal
Building where you’ll meet Robin Marks of Discovery Street Tours.
After taking in Skygarden by renowned artist James Turrell, the group
will travel via motor coach to the next light art installation “... and my
room still rocks like a boat on the sea” (Caruso’s Dream), above the
Skygarden, James Turrell - Central Market
Photo credit: Carlos Avila Gonzalez
San Francisco Chronicle/Polaris
entrance to the AVA 55 Ninth apartments. Here, artist Brian Goggin will
share how salvaged safety glass and Transbay Terminal Douglas fir
foundations came to be 13 pulsating pianos. After a short walk, the
group is invited into the San Francisco Main Library to experience
Constellation, a soaring 54-foot artwork by artist Nayland Blake. After
leaving the library, the group will convene at the Civic Center Plaza to
experience San Francisco’s City Hall aglow with the newly installed LED
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light system. Participants will need to be on the lookout for Eric
Staller and his Lightmobile, a not-so-easy-to-miss Volkswagen Beetle
lit with 1,659 lamps! Be brilliant – share your photos using #illuminatesf.
Bayview Rise, Haddad | Druggan - Bayview
Photo credit: Robert Burns
Dogpatch + Bayview Light Art Cable Car Tour
When: Friday, December 11 at 5:30 p.m.
Where: Meet at Museum of Craft and Design, 2569 Third Street
Meet Robin Marks of Discovery Street Tours at the Museum of Craft
and Design, where the group will be treated to a special half-hour tour
of the museum’s exceptional design exhibitions and craft-filled museum
store. The group will gather outside near the illuminated bench in San
Francisco’s newest parklet to meet one of its creators Peter Frankel,
Associate at Bionic, who’ll share the inspiration for the parklet design.
Via motor coach, the group will travel to Bayview Gateway Park, where
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David Beaupre of the Port of San Francisco will demonstrate how the
imagery in the striking installation Bayview Rise by artist team Haddad
| Drugan appears animated due to the programmed illumination of the
mural’s different colors. Participants will have the rare opportunity to
get up close and personal with the artwork, which will make for some
enviable photos! Share your favorite images using #illuminatesf.
PaRDeS, Daniel Libeskind - Yerba Buena
Photo credit: Bruce Damonte
Yerba Buena Museums Light Art Tour
Where: Meet at California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street
This light fantastic tour begins outside the California Historical Society,
where a senior museum curator will share the story behind artist Elise
Baldwin’s projected-light installation in the museum gallery’s front and
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side windows. Field of Vision is one of six after-dark projections by the
artist collective Optic Flare honoring the stunning achievements of the
1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) during CHS’s
exhibition City Rising: San Francisco and the 1915 World’s Fair (Feb.
22, 2015 – Jan. 3, 2016). Robin Marks of Discovery Street Tours will lead
the group on a short two-block stroll to visit the Contemporary Jewish
Lightswarm, Future Cities Lab - Yerba Buena
Photo credit: Peter Prato
Museum (CJM) and meet museum representatives who’ll share stories
behind PaRDeS and Lamp of the Covenant, two light-filled artworks
in the Grand Lobby. Light art and technology lovers will want to come
back for the museum’s current exhibit: NEAT: New Experiments in Art
& Technology. The illuminated windows of the SFMOMA Museum
Store offer more radiant surprises for the group. The group will cross
Mission Street to interact with Murmur Wall at Yerba Buena Center for
the Arts (YBCA), where Future Cities Lab will explain the artistry, light,
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and data collection that comprise this installation, and how their
companion light art piece Lightswarm, also commissioned by YBCA,
reacts to sound. The evening’s final luminous moment takes place at
W SF Hotel at Third and Howard streets, where the tour ends with a
dazzling view of the vibrant, otherworldly light sculpture Lumina by
MADLAB in the lobby. Charge your cell phones and cameras – you’re
going to want photos! Share your favorite images using #illuminatesf.
Illuminate Your Ride Light Art Bike Tour
When: Sunday, December 20 at 6:00 p.m.
Where: Meet at Cupid’s Span in Rincon Park, Embarcadero
Show off your illuminated bike or glowing gear! Join host Robin Marks
of Discovery Street Tours in Rincon Park by the bow-and-arrow sculpture
Cupid’s Span by artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.
She’ll lead a fun and easy illuminated bike ride on a mostly flat, fourto-five mile route around the city. Riders will pass multiple holiday light
displays, stopping along the way to get close to some of the light
art installations including Soma, Skygarden, “...and my room still
rocks like a boat on the sea” (Caruso’s Dream), Murmur Wall,
Lightswarm, Yud and PaRDes, plus other surprises.
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FOUR WAYS
TO EXPERIENCE
LIGHT ART
ON YOUR OWN
Language of the Birds, Dorka Keehn and Brian Goggin – North Beach
NORTH BEACH + EMBARCADERO
Light Art Itinerary
Photo credit: Dorka Keehn
TOUR 01
Use this itinerary in combination with illuminatesf.com and the downloadable light art installation
map to learn more about the artworks and the artists who created them.
Radical Creativity & Community Straight out of Black Rock City
Did you know the annual Burning Man gathering began on San
Francisco’s Baker Beach in 1986? The beachside collective has grown
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to become a global celebration of art, music and creative community
– an ethos that all the artists in this itinerary share. The Bay Lights artist
Leo Villareal’s first light art piece was conceived as a way for him to find
his way “home” on the playa. Language of the Birds artists Brian Goggin
and Dorka Keehn, and the Flaming Lotus Girls who created Soma are
all grantees of Black Rock Arts Foundation. In the spirit of Burning Man,
Language of the Birds is the first permanent solar-powered art piece in
the U.S. – The Bay Lights is inspired by the earth’s natural rhythms and
also solar offset – Soma is brilliantly interactive, and all the pieces are
spectacular nighttime experiences.
Take a Personal Light Art Tour That’s Pure Poetry in Motion
Discover literary lights and breathtaking sights on a walk through two of
San Francisco’s most magical neighborhoods. Whether you’re prowling
for light art near City Lights bookstore, sipping house-roasted espressos
or chowing down, you’ll find North Beach and the Embarcadero have plenty
to offer for a night on the town. This walking tour covers 2 to 3 miles, and
requires some uphill climbing on the Filbert Steps. You can also use this
itinerary when touring the route by bike, on Muni, in a taxi or hired car.
BEGIN YOUR TOUR at Language of the Birds by Brian Goggin and
Dorka Keehn
Stand awhile in the plaza at the intersection of Broadway and
Columbus Avenues. Look up, look down, and feel the ethereal magic
of Language of the Birds, North Beach’s celebrated flock of 23 "flying"
illuminated books. You’ll also notice words and phrases embedded in
the plaza floor, which appear to have fallen from the pages above. This
text is in English, Italian and Chinese, and was selected from the
neighborhood’s rich literary history.
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TAKE IN A LITTLE NORTH BEACH HISTORY
To extend the poetic experience, continue south to City Lights
Booksellers & Publishers at 261 Columbus. To continue the tour, head
north on Columbus and take a right onto Grant Avenue, the oldest
street in town (1845). On your right at 1232 Grant is the city’s oldest
surviving bar, a blues joint called The Saloon (1861), and just a bit
further on is Cafe Trieste at the intersection of Vallejo Street, where
Italian espresso was introduced in 1956 to the West.
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NEXT STOP, THE FILBERT STEPS
Three blocks up Grant after you pass Vallejo, you’ll turn right onto
Filbert Street and continue east to Kearny Street, where you’ll see the
Filbert Steps begin on your left. Climb up the historic Filbert Steps
and enjoy stunning views of The Bay Bridge and beyond.
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CATCH A GLIMPSE of The Bay Lights by Leo Villareal
On December 3 and a few other nights before the end of this year, you
may see the San Francisco Bay Bridge transformed into a canvas of
light by The Bay Lights as the artist finesses his iconic light sculpture
for its permanent relighting on January 30, 2016.
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DESCEND TO LEVI’S PLAZA AND THE EXPLORATORIUM
Walk down the steps to Filbert Street, where a stroll through the lamp-lit
glow of Levi’s Plaza leads to the Embarcadero. Continue south on the
bayside of the street to reach the Exploratorium, a hands-on museum
of science, art and human perception on Pier 15, where you can
continue south on foot or by F-line train to the Ferry Building.
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EXPERIENCE THE COLOSSAL SCULPTURE Soma by Flaming Lotus Girls
While outside the Ferry Building, stop to take in the breathtaking city
and bay views, then walk a few steps south to Pier 14 to experience the
microscopic world of luminous neurons – magnificently magnified in
the installation Soma, on view through July 2016. Brightly colored
interactive LEDs tip the slender “dendrites” that reach out more than
30 feet in the air; participants can control the “neurotransmissions” by
pushing buttons near the artwork.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Thursday Nights at the Exploratorium
While After Dark: Glow on Thursday, December 3rd is the Exploratorium’s
light-filled celebration of all things illuminated, all Thursday evening
After Dark events offer a fascinating array of unique, adult-only programs
and events that change each week. Grab dinner, play with hundreds of
hands-on exhibits, sip cocktails and explore. Learn more at
www.exploratorium.edu/after-dark
LINKS TO HELP PLAN YOUR TOUR
• Downloadable Light Art Map
• SF Muni Schedule
• San Francisco Travel Association
YERBA BUENA MUSEUMS
Light Art Itinerary
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TOUR 02
Use this itinerary in combination with illuminatesf.com and the downloadable light art installation map
to learn more about the artworks and the artists who created them.
Top 3 Reasons You Want to Explore Yerba Buena Museums Now
Did you know there’s an artificially intelligent sculpture combining light,
data collection and sound that’s shedding light on what the city is
whispering, thinking and feeling right now? And a temporary exhibit
of new works manifested by artists, engineers and scientists working
together on cutting-edge creative ideas celebrating the Bay Area’s
leading role in bringing digital innovation into the fine arts? Not to
mention projected light installations, monumental light-filled metal art,
and dramatically lit architectural elements inspired by the Hebrew
phrase L’Chaim (To Life) – all within two blocks of each other.
Take a Personal Light Art Tour of Works that Glisten, Murmur and Glow
The city’s Yerba Buena neighborhood is the curator of San Francisco
culture – home to the most diverse and highest concentration of art
galleries, museums and theaters in the city. In showcasing fine art’s
relationship with the latest digital technology, this light fantastic tour of
three Yerba Buena museums (and a vibrant, otherworldly light sculpture in
the W San Francisco Hotel lobby) immerses you in the temporary light
art works and exhibits now on view at California Historical Society, the
Contemporary Jewish Museum and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
The installations in this two-block tour can be viewed from outdoors
anytime after dusk, but if you’d like to enter the CJM and YBCA
museums, Thursday evenings are best because both are open until 8:00
p.m. (YBCA is open until 8:00 p.m. Thursday – Saturday).
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BEGIN YOUR TOUR at Engineers of Illumination, California Historical
Society, 678 Mission Street
Every night from dusk until midnight through January 3, 2016, experience
projected-light installations by experimental media artists’ collective
Optic Flare, honoring the stunning achievements of the 1915 PanamaPacific International Exposition, in conjunction with CHS’s exhibit City
Rising: San Francisco and the 1915 World’s Fair (Feb. 22, 2015 – Jan. 3,
2016). The installations projected into CHS gallery’s front and side
windows are best viewed from Mission Street or Annie Alley.
• Nov. 30 – Dec. 6: Lopa Pikta (Rope Picture) by Ben Wood
• Dec. 7 – 13: The Illuminated Palace by Kevin Cain
• Dec. 14 – 20: Field of Vision, by Elise Baldwin
• Dec. 21 – Jan. 3: The City Luminous: Spectral Canopy Variation
by Kerry Laitala
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NEXT STOP, Murmur Wall by Future Cities Lab, 701 Mission Street
Walk west along Mission Street, and the glass façade of Yerba Buena
Center for the Arts (YBCA) looms into view on the south side of the
street, alongside Yerba Buena Gardens. Walk towards the museum’s
main entrance to view Murmur Wall, an artificially intelligent and
dynamic light art sculpture spanning the outdoor wall and steps.
Words harvested from trending search engine results are displayed
momentarily, creating a gathering place for data voyeurs seeking out
information about compelling topics. Contribute your own “murmurs
and whispers” at www.murmurwall.net.
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EXPERIENCE THE YBCA COMPANION PIECE Lightswarm also by
Future Cities Lab
While outside the museum, stop to take in the site-specific artwork that
activates the south-facing glass façade of the Grand Lobby with playful
patterns of light reminiscent of a swarm of flying birds. Sound-sensing
spiders attached directly to individual glass panels transform the façade
into what the artists call “urban sensors" – instruments to sense the city,
visualize its auditory pulse, and amplify its latent energies into cascades
of light. During museum hours (Thursday-Saturday, 12:00 p.m. - 8:00
p.m., Sunday, 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.) enter the lobby and walk up the
stairs for intimate viewing of the LED lights and modules.
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CROSS MISSION STREET AND MARVEL at Yud, by architect
David Libeskind, 736 Mission Street
36 diamond-shaped windows light the top floor of the metal cube
known as the Yud in the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM), one of
the most intriguing building designs by the studio led by architect
Daniel Libeskind. After dark, stand in the museum’s entrance plaza to
take in the dramatic, warm light emanating from this symbolic shape
overlooking Yerba Buena Lane. With ticketed admission, you can enter
the Yud gallery to experience its unique shape during museum
operating hours.
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NOW ENTER THE CJM GRAND LOBBY to view the PaRDeS Wall
by Daniel Libeskind
Anytime during Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) operating hours
(Friday – Tuesday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Thursdays: 1:00 p.m. – 8:00
p.m.), visitors may view PaRDeS, a stunning light installation embedded in
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the wall of the Grand Lobby. Its stylized Hebrew letters translate as
“orchard” – the connotation is that the orchard can be found on the
other side of the wall. Metaphorically then, the sweetness, or fruit, of
learning and art can be found inside the museum.
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SEE THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATING CJM GRAND LOBBY, Lamp of the
Covenant by Dave Lane
The first major artwork to be commissioned by the Contemporary
Jewish Museum (CJM), this monumental piece is suspended high over
the heads of visitors in the museum’s soaring lobby space. The artwork’s
steel oval is comprised of antique found objects: world globes, light
bulbs, tools such as nineteenth century apple peelers and blow torches,
and various other materials that suggest the unfolding marvels of the
cosmos. Contemplate this massive sculpture in the CJM Grand Lobby
during operating hours. (Take time to visit the exquisite CJM museum
store and the Wise Sons Jewish Deli also in the lobby.)
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR: NEAT: New Experiments in Art & Technology
through January 17, 2016
Many of the installations in the NEAT exhibit are interactive and
responsive, and include digital and robotic sculptures, and works in
light, sound and video by practitioners working at the crossroad of
contemporary art and tech, including light artist Jim Campbell featured
in Illuminate SF, who will be speaking during the museum's Gallery
Chat on Friday, December 4, 12:30 – 1:00 p.m.
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TAKE A LUMINOUS SIDETRIP to view Lumina by MADLAB at
W SF Hotel, 181 Third Street
Don’t miss this vibrant, otherworldly light sculpture, a lustrous mass
reminiscent of bioluminescent jellyfish, cosmic star clouds and the
brain’s neural networks. Upon stepping into the hotel lobby at the
corner of Third and Howard Streets, look up to appreciate how the
sculpture emanates a sense of mystery, as its translucent fiberglass
and fiber optic strands draw hotel guests to its vivid core.
CENTRAL MARKET + CIVIC CENTER
Light Art Itinerary
TOUR 03
Explore the Intersection of Art and Tech in the City’s Vibrant Core
Did you know that in its heyday, the piano was an interactive social tool
serving as the centerpiece of musical culture, much like the computer
and MP3 player are today? It’s no coincidence that an installation
combining light, sound, vintage chicken-wire glass and 13 pulsating
pianos is one of the most arresting artworks in Central Market. This
rapidly transforming neighborhood is a cultural and high tech mash-up
–Twitter, Spotify, Square, Yahoo and Yammer are here, so are SHN’s
Golden Gate and Orpheum theaters, American Conservatory Theater’s
new Strand Theater and The Warfield rock concert hall. A few blocks
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away is San Francisco City Hall, a Beaux Arts architectural wonder in the
civic heart of San Francisco, where the city’s opera, symphony and
ballet companies also make their home. What better place to have
an interactive art adventure?
Take a Personal Light Art Tour Where Pianos Fly and Neon Lights the Sky
Three light art works in Central Market and Civic Center (plus one more
in nearby Hayes Valley) are all easily accessed by public transit along
Market Street – the city’s “Path of Gold,” a reference to the 321 vintage
lamp posts lining the thoroughfare with their distinctive amber lights,
which are lit and hung with illuminated snowflakes during the holidays.
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BEGIN YOUR TOUR at Skygarden by James Turrell, 90 Seventh
Street at Mission
Using neon as his only material, James Turrell created Skygarden within
a three-story opening in the San Francisco Federal Building. This void
appears as a glowing block of color; a ribbon of bright neon extends
diagonally from the terrace up the building’s façade following a seam
in its perforated metal skin. Another band of light is embedded in the
plaza at street level, completing the geometric figure. Stand on the
south side of Mission Street across from the Federal Building long
enough to see the colors transform, then enter the building’s courtyard
for a more intimate glimpse.
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NEXT STOP, (Caruso’s Dream) by Brian Goggin and Dorka Keehn,
55 Ninth Street near Market
Walk one block north to Market Street and turn left (or hop on a vintage
streetcar) to reach Ninth Street, just south of Market, where
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“…and my room still rocks like a boat on the sea” (Caruso’s Dream)
dangles from AVA 55 Ninth apartments. Created with materials that
draw on the area’s history, the 13-piano installation is inspired by the
moment when opera star Enrico Caruso was awakened by the great
calamity of April 18, 1906. He did not know if he was awake or still
dreaming as he walked to the window to see the results of the ongoing
earthquake. By tuning into the short-range broadcast 90.9 FM within a
block of the artwork (4 p.m. – 10 a.m.), listeners may hear a Caruso
recording that inspired the light dancing through the pianos.
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EXPERIENCE Constellation by Nayland Blake, at San Francisco
Main Library, 100 Larkin Street
Take a short walk across Market Street to the San Francisco Main
Library (open late Tuesday – Thursday until 8:00 p.m.) to experience
Constellation, an impressive artwork 54 feet high and weighing 5.5
tons. The artwork is inspired by the Beaux Arts tradition with origins in
the Bibliothèque Saint-Genevieve in Paris (a model for San Francisco’s
former Main Library which is now the Asian Art Museum), on which
authors’ names were inscribed on the facade. The artist revisits this idea
with an index of authors’ names etched into mirrored glass shades,
installed with fiber optic lighting to create the illusion of floating stars.
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ENJOY MUSIC IN THE CIVIC CENTER and the illuminated
projections on San Francisco's City Hall
After leaving the library, stop in the Civic Center Plaza to experience
San Francisco City Hall aglow in holiday colors (or other event-based
brilliance) with its newly installed LED light system. Catch “Holiday
Fanfare,” a series of performances presented by the Civic Center
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Community Benefit District and the Conservatory of Music, on the
dates below (in the event of rain, performances held under the
marquee at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium).
• Friday, Dec. 5, 6:00–7:30 p.m., Corner of Hayes and Franklin
• Sunday, Dec. 7, 1:15–2:45 p.m., Davies Symphony Hall
• Saturday, Dec. 13, 6:00–6:35 p.m., Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
and 6:50–7:30 p.m., Corner of Hayes and Franklin
• Sunday, Dec. 14, 12:00–1:30 p.m., Corner of Franklin and Grove
(Opera House Driveway)
• Saturday, Dec. 20, 4:00– 5:30 p.m., Davies Symphony Hall
• Sunday, Dec. 21, 12:15– 1:45 p.m., Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
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TAKE A SIDE TRIP to Temple at Patricia’s Green by David Best,
Octavia Boulevard at Linden Street
Just a few short blocks west of Civic Center, Temple at Patricia’s Green
is an interactive installation of remembrance where people can write
personal notes to loved ones on the artwork itself. Bring your Sharpie
and contribute to the piece! From Civic Center Plaza, walk one block
west on Grove Street to cross Van Ness Avenue and continue one
block more to Franklin Street. Turn left and continue one block to
Hayes Street and turn right to walk three blocks through trendy Hayes
Valley with its chic shops, restaurants and art galleries on your way to
Patricia’s Green in the median on Octavia Boulevard.
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END YOUR TOUR … OR continue back to Market Street to
experience even more light art works
Stop to enjoy a made-to-order treat at Smitten Ice Cream, 432 Octavia
Street, or any of the enticing establishments you’ll find in Hayes Valley.
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A four-block walk down Fell Street back to Market Street leads to The
Market, a vast food-and-drink emporium on the first floor of the Twitter
building, 1355 Market Street. Or, opt to take a historic streetcar to the
Ferry Building to experience the light art work Soma on Embarcadero
Pier 14. Enroute, stop off at 1028 Market just before Sixth Street to
interact with Block by Block by Marisha Farnsworth, an illuminated
bench that stacks, swings and pivots.
BAYVIEW + BEYOND
Light Art Itinerary
TOUR 04
New Public Artworks Shine a Light on Four Neighborhoods Rising
Did you know that with each new building project in San Francisco, the
city’s percent-for-art program assures public artworks will be installed
for the enjoyment of all? There’s no better place to witness this
cultural transformation than by exploring the up-and-coming Mission
Bay neighborhood, UCSF medical complex, and the Dogpatch and
Bayview neighborhoods, two areas experiencing a renaissance due to
the new T-Third Street light rail line. West of Dogpatch, the Potrero
Hill neighborhood is growing, too. Known for its stunning nighttime views
of downtown, it’s also where to see some of the city’s newest public art at
San Francisco General Hospital, at 23rd Street and Potrero Avenue.
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Take a Personal Light Art Tour of Art, Science and Healing Intertwined
The idea of art as medicine dates back to antiquity, including
experiencing visual art, dance, theater and music, and the act of
creating art. This tour encompasses light art and poetry created to
help heal the loss of fallen officers, illuminated works on two medical
campuses installed to enhance the therapeutic environment, an epic
mural glowing with extraordinary energy that depicts a community on
the rise – and a museum of contemporary craft and design with
hands-on workshops and events to inspire art lovers and makers.
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TAKE THE T-TRAIN – BEGIN YOUR TOUR at Spiral of Gratitude
by Shimon Attie, 1245 Third Street
Take the T-Third line south from the Embarcadero, past AT&T Park to
Third Street and get off at Mission Rock stop in front of the San
Francisco Police Station and Safety Building (or bike or drive). Before
5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, you can enter the glass-enclosed lobby
to experience up close the ethereal play of poetry, light, glass and sky
that is Spiral of Gratitude. This immersive memorial to fallen police
officers is suspended from an oculus and skylight framing the sky
above. After hours, view the artwork from the plaza; walk south past the
station’s restored red brick building to see the All Is Well Bell by Paul
Kos suspended from a large red arch in First Responder Plaza at the
corner on Third Street.
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NEXT STOP, UCSF MISSION BAY CAMPUS and the monumental
Ballast by Richard Serra, Gene Friend Way
Take the T-Third line south to UCSF/Mission Bay – or walk the four
blocks on Third Street to UCSF plaza and turn right on Gene Friend
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Way. Walk west past the two massive vertical plates of Ballast by Richard
Serra, which exerts an almost gravitational force. To reach three
illuminated artworks on Owens Street, cross Fourth Street and continue
past Koret Quad and the Rutter Center, with its hot pink mural by
Lawrence Weiner, Brought to Light Subsequently Allowed to Dissipate.
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THREE ILLUMINATED ARTWORKS and a multi-story column of
light, 1500 – 1700 Owens Street
Take in Anima by Jim Sanborn after dusk in front of J. Gladstone
Institutes, 1700 Owens Street, and stop to read the placard for insight
into its light-strewn bits of ancient text and poetry. Installed nearby at
1500 Owens Street, Overflow X by Juame Piensa is a larger than life
figurative sculpture of stainless steel letters illuminated every evening.
Before heading back to Third Street to catch the T-Third line once
more, catch a glimpse of a newly installed totem-like artwork that
glimmers with red light in front of the new Kaiser Permanente Medical
Offices at 1600 Owens Street, a building that also features a striking
column of indigo (and sometimes other colors) on its northwest side.
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TAKE THE T-LINE SOUTH TO EXPERIENCE Bayview Rise by
Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan
Hop aboard the T-Third line as it continues south through Dogpatch
and over Islais Creek to Bayview Gateway Park at Third Street and
Cargo Way. The 187-foot-tall installation Bayview Rise by artist team
Haddad | Drugan appears animated due to the programming of the
mural’s shifting colored lights, which makes images appear to float in
and out of the scene. Americans for the Arts recently recognized this
iconic mural as one of the best public artworks in the country.
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HEAD BACK TO DOGPATCH FOR A NIGHT IN THE NABE
Backtrack on the T-Third line and just a couple stops away at 2569 Third
Street is the Museum of Craft and Design, the perfect place to jump
off for a rest at the illuminated bench in San Francisco’s newest
“parklet” before deciding what’s next. Radiating out from the nexus of
Third and 22nd Street is a hub of restaurants, wineries, art galleries,
local makers, artists, designers and performing arts groups. Come
back during the day to take in the Museum of Craft and Design’s
exhibits or join a hands-on workshop. Also here is SCRAP (Scroungers
Center For Reusable Art Parts), San Francisco’s only nonprofit glass art
studio and school, and Public Glass and Building REsources, two
more nonprofits beloved by makers and artists citywide.
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EXTEND YOUR TOUR to view two of the city’s newest light art works
at San Francisco General Hospital
To continue to 1001 Potrero Avenue on public transit, take the #48
bus from the 22nd Street and Minnesota bus stop less than one block
northwest of the Museum of Craft and Design. Disembark at 23rd and
Potrero and walk into the main entry drive on 23rd street to view Cliff
Garten’s Ethereal Bodies 8, an installation of nine undulating stainless
steel sculptures lit by multi-colored LED lights at night. Based on the
concept of a river as a metaphor for life, Archipelago by artist Anna
Valentina Murch is located in the plaza that connects the old and new
buildings in San Francisco General's Acute Care Unit.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Leo Villareal Solo Exhibition January 21
– March 5, 2016 at Fused Space, 1401 16th Street – Potrero
Leo Villareal is a pioneer in the use of LEDs and computer-driven
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imagery, known for his light sculptures and site-specific works. This
exhibit features new work by the artist that explores a domestic scale
in relationship to The Bay Lights project. Fused Space gallery is hosted
by founder Yves Béhar and curated by gallerist Jessica Silverman.
Potrero is the “Re” in DoReMi, the new nickname for a 10-block fine
arts area that includes parts of Potrero Hill, Dogpatch and the Mission.
EIGHT ILLUMINATING
EVENTS YOU DON’T
WANT TO MISS
Mark your calendar and make a date to get your glow on with
light-filled special events, festivals and parades. And don’t forget to
charge your phone and your camera – you’re going to want
photographs! Share your favorite light art images using #illuminatesf.
NUTCRACKER UNDER THE DOME
When: Saturday, November 21 at 3:30 p.m.
Where: Westfield San Francisco Centre, 865 Market Street, Yerba Buena
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Join San Francisco Ballet on Level 4 of Westfield San Francisco Centre
for this holiday season’s launch festivities when its iconic dome comes
to life with an extraordinary visual experience crafted by San Francisco
technology innovators Obscura Digital. Tutu giveaway at 3:30 p.m.,
Nutcracker movement workshop at 4:00 p.m., San Francisco Ballet
School Trainee performance at 4:30 p.m., and Nutcracker Under the
Dome projections will premiere at 5:00 p.m.
Through December 31: If you can’t make the premiere, stop by the
dome on Level 4 to view Nutcracker Under the Dome every half hour
nightly from 5:00 p.m. until closing.
SNOWFLAKES ON MARKET
When: Monday, November 23 Lighting at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Powell Cable Car Turnaround and Market Street, Central Market
The 8th Annual Snowflake Lighting ceremony takes place in front of the
Powell Street cable car turnaround and features live music and holiday
entertainment, as city officials count down to the illumination of 202
LED-illuminated five-foot tall snowflakes on Market Street’s signature
“Path of Gold” lamp poles. Path of Gold streetlamps were originally
installed in 1916 and cast a distinctive amber glow along the length of
Market Street from Steuart to Castro streets.
Through Mid-January: Enjoy the Path of Gold lamps and illuminated
Snowflakes through the holiday season.
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ENGINEERS OF ILLUMINATION
When: November 23, 2015 – January 3, 2016
Where: California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, Yerba Buena
A series of stunning projected-light installations created by Optic Flare
honor the stunning achievement of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International
Exposition, presented as part of CHS’s Feb. 22 – Dec. 6, 2015 exhibition
City Rising: San Francisco and the 1915 World’s Fair. Installations by
this collective of experimental media artists are supported by a grant
from the Yerba Buena Community Benefit District. View projections
from dusk to midnight in CHS Gallery’s front and side windows. Best
seen from Mission Street or Annie Alley.
CHS projections weekly schedule:
• Lopa Pikta by Ben Wood, Nov. 30 – Dec. 6
• The Illuminated Palace by Kevin Cain, Dec. 7 – 13
• Field of Vision by Elise Baldwin, Dec. 14 – 20
• The City Luminous by Kerry Laitala, Dec. 21 – Jan. 3
WINTER WALK SF
When: November 27, 2015 – January 1, 2016
Where: Stockton Street between Union and Ellis, Union Square
Celebrate the holidays with a stunning light art show by Immersive SF,
projected nightly from 5:00 p.m. to midnight on the Macy’s Men’s Building,
in which Jack Frost has adventures in San Francisco and spreads
festive icicles throughout the city. Glowing seating, artificial turf and
warm lighting in an inviting open plaza create a welcoming atmosphere
for locals and visitors to enjoy regular live performances, carolers and
musicians, demos, food trucks and other wintery surprises!
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LIGHTS GO DOWN, PARTY CONTINUES
When: Friday, December 4, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Where: 678 Mission Street, California Historical Society, Yerba Buena
December 4 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of San Francisco’s
Panama-Pacific International Exposition and you can join in celebrating
this remarkable event at CHS’s annual holiday cocktail party “Historical
Libations.” Sip California cocktails, legendary and obscure, toast to the
history of mixed drinks, and commemorate the end of one chapter in
California’s history and the beginning of another. Tickets may be
purchased through December 4, 2015.
UNION STREET FANTASY OF LIGHTS
When: Saturday, December 5, 3:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Where: 2040 Union Street, Cudworth Mansion, Cow Hollow
Thousands of holiday lights set off the Victorians of Union Street,
transforming into a magical backdrop for Santa and a team of elves
to celebrate along with jugglers, live ponies dressed as reindeer, face
painters, balloon artists, costumed characters, singers and live
entertainment. Come decorate a cupcake from 3:00 - 5:30 p.m. in front
of the Cudworth Mansion – Santa will arrive at 5:30 p.m. and will be
available for pictures until 7:00 p.m. Hop on the Free Union Street
Holiday Horse Drawn Carriage Ride from 3-5:30 p.m.
Through December: Click the link above to see even more holiday
happenings along Union Street between Van Ness and Steiner, and
Fillmore Street from Union to Lombard.
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PAROL LANTERN FESTIVAL & PARADE
When: December 12 at 5:00 p.m.
Where: Yerba Buena Gardens, Jessie Square, St. Patrick’s Church,
Yerba Buena
Celebrate the season with a community showcase for the quintessential
Filipino holiday symbol of hope, blessings, luck, peace and light — the
star-shaped parol lantern! The Parol Festival is a fun-filled evening of
live music, games and prizes for the best brightly lit and colorful parol
lanterns – after the parade, you’ll see who earns top prize at the Tala
Awards! This year’s theme is “Giving Light to the Future” in honor of
the unveiling of SoMa Pilipinas, a Filipino Social Heritage Special Use
District in San Francisco.
Participate in free lantern-making workshops leading up to the parade
(details below). December 12, view the Parol Gallery at Jessie Square
starting at 5:00 p.m. The Parol Parade starts at 6:15 pm at Yerba Buena
Gardens and strolls towards Yerba Buena Lane to Jessie Square, with
the Tala Awards immediately following.
FREE PAROL WORKSHOPS & FIRST LANTERN!
When: Fridays 5:30 – 8:00 p.m., through Dec. 4
Where: Bayanihan Community Center, 1010 Mission Street, SoMa
Build your own beautiful parol lantern – if you’re making a parol for the
first time, there’s no charge (additional kits are available for purchase).
They’ll also help you set up lights inside your parol, so remember to
bring your own lights.
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BRILLIANT IDEAS
FROM THE HOME
OF BURNING MAN
Is Burning Man an expression of San Francisco, or has Burning Man
reconceptualized San Francisco? While the first gathering took place on
the city’s Baker Beach in 1986, today’s global celebration of art, music
and creative community is an ethos very much alive throughout the Bay
Area and in San Francisco year ‘round. Experience these lights fantastic
any night you like – then shoot and share your images using #illuminatesf.
LIGHT UP CENTRAL MARKET
Temporary: September 2015 – September 2016
Market and Turk Streets between Fifth and Seventh Streets,
Central Market
Have a seat, enjoy the street! Designed to celebrate and showcase the
vibrancy and innovative spirit that infuses this neighborhood, Block by
Block is a spectacular 10 foot x 24 foot illuminated bench that stacks,
swings and pivots. Designed by Marisha Farnsworth of Hyphae Design
Laboratory, the one-year kinetic installation is San Francisco’s third
Living Innovation Zone, and a hub for nearby illuminations of murals by
artists Clare Rojas, OSGEMEOS, Mark Bode and Jenny Sharaf, and the
building façade of The Luggage Store. Funded by a grant from
Kenneth Rainin Foundation, with additional support by Craig Young &
Ross Stackhouse of Tidewater Capital/The Hall, Group I and others.
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How to Experience: Begin at Block by Block, 1028 Market, and look
across the street to see the Nighthouse Studio light display on The
Luggage Store Gallery, and illuminated mural The Giant by
OSGEMEOS on the west-facing wall of 1005 Market. Walk east to see
Clare Rojas’ mural Promise on the east-facing wall of The Warfield at
928 Market and Jenny Sharaf‘s mural Next to the Warfield at 974-976
Market; OSGEMEOS and Mark Bode’s untitled mural at 99 Turk street is
on the north-facing wall of The Warfield.
FIVE QUESTIONS
Ongoing: One out of the five works is currently on view
106 Sixth Street, Central Market
Brilliant art is hiding in plain sight! Go sleuthing for Why, a painted
fluorescent mural and one of five original public artworks in the Five
Questions series (2013) by artist Ana Teresa Fernandez and designer/
architect Johanna Grawunder. Their pieces, titled Who, What, When,
Where, Why, were part of The 5M Project, a larger public art and community
partnership by multiple organizations led by Intersection for the Arts,
addressing the neighborhood’s redevelopment between Mission,
Howard and Fifth streets as it becomes a mix of low-, mid-, and high-rise
buildings for living, working and playing over the next 10 years.
How to Experience: Look up! Why is located at 106 Sixth Street at
Mission, high up on the side of the Henry Hotel.
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TEMPLE AT PATRICIA’S GREEN
Ongoing: June 2015 through TBD
Patricia’s Green on Octavia Street, Hayes Valley
For the 10th anniversary of Patricia’s Green, artist David Best was invited
to reprise his Hayes Valley temple, which was the first public arts
installation at the community outdoor space. Like his other iconic
temples, this new 37-foot high sculpture Temple at Patricia’s Green is
an interactive installation of remembrance, where people can write
personal notes to loved ones on the artwork itself.
How to Experience: Visit Patricia’s Green anytime and especially after
dusk when the warm glow of the lighted sculpture beckons. Bring your
Sharpie and contribute to the piece! The space is becoming a communal
expression of very personal experiences, creating a new sense of affinity
among participating community members.
SAN FRANCISCO FERRY BUILDING
Ongoing: March 3, 2015 – December 4, 2015
One Ferry Building, Market Street at Embarcadero
The towering, illuminated “1915” numerals on the Ferry Building’s
tower harken back to a century ago, when it was decked out for the
Panama-Pacific International Exposition — what many refer to as the
world’s fair. The project to light the Ferry Building for the fair’s 100th
Anniversary was the brainchild of Donna Ewald Huggins, a San Francisco
historian of the fair and author of a book on the exposition. The lights
will go out on December 4, the same day the fair closed a century ago,
and the Ferry Building will be restored to its 21st Century appearance.
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How to Experience: See the Ferry Building’s illuminated “1915”
numerals through Dec. 4, from the Embarcadero sidewalk or cross the
street into the median area. To learn more about the 1915 International
Exposition, visit the California Historical Society exhibition City Rising:
San Francisco and the 1915 World’s Fair. The de Young Museum also
marks this grand exposition that covered 76 city blocks with Jewel
City: Art from San Francisco’s Panama-Pacific International Exposition
through January 10, 2016.
SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL
Ongoing: Event Based
1 Dr. Carlton B Goodlett Place, Civic Center
On Friday, June 19, 2015, the façade of City Hall was transformed into
a luminous portal of dazzling digital projections that took the audience
on a visual and creative journey in honor of this National Historic
Landmark’s Centennial Celebration. Created by Obscura Digital, a San
Francisco-based company of international renown, the magnificent
inaugural light show included the installation of lighting infrastructure,
which the City now uses for other events and civic engagements such
as Pride 2015 and the Golden State Warriors NBA championship.
How to Experience: Event-based lighting projections can be seen from
Civic Center Plaza in front of San Francisco City Hall, from Van Ness
Avenue and the surrounding area.
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SFO TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER
Ongoing: Event Based
San Francisco International Airport
Completed in May 2015, SFO’s “towering achievement” ascends 221
feet skyward in a graceful flare. The control tower’s west face features
an LED backlit glass “waterfall” that stretches 147 feet in the air – reflecting sunlight during the day and glowing with interior lighting at
night, the colors of which can be changed to celebrate important
events. It is designed to achieve LEED Gold status by airport master
architecture firm HNTB, with design partner Fentress Architects, and
Hensel Phelps on the design-build team.
How to Experience: Located between Terminals 1 and 2, the tower is
seen from the freeway and when driving into the airport. To see it close
up, stand in the Pre-Security Public Corridor at the base of the tower. Look
straight up through the skylight glass roof to enjoy the LED light waterfall.
THREE MUST-SEE
TECHNOLOGY AND
LIGHT ART EXHIBITS
Discover illuminating exhibitions and events relating to light art works and
artists, innovation and technology during Illuminate SF Festival of Light and
beyond. Then, be brilliant—shoot and share your photos using #illluminatesf.
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NEAT: NEW EXPERIMENTS IN ART & TECHNOLOGY
When: October 15, 2015 – January 17. 2016
Where: 736 Mission Street, Contemporary Jewish Museum, Yerba Buena
The NEAT exhibition takes as its inspiration the pioneering series of
projects entitled E.A.T. Experiments in Art and Technology, officially
launched in 1967 by engineers Billy Klüver and Fred Waldhauer and
artists Robert Whitman and Robert Rauschenberg who set out to break
down barriers between artists and scientists and expand the artist’s role
in social developments related to new technologies. Many of the
installations in the NEAT exhibit are interactive and responsive, and
include digital and robotic sculptures, works in light, sound, and video
by practitioners working at the crossroad of contemporary art and tech,
including light artist Jim Campbell featured in Illuminate SF, Paul De
Marinis, Gabriel Dunne with Vishal K Dar, Mary Franck, Alan Rath, Paolo
Salvagione, Micah Elizabeth Scott, Scott Snibbe, and Camille Utterback.
• Gallery Chat with Light Artist Jim Campbell
Friday, December 4, 12:30 – 1:00 p.m.
• CJM Community Free Day
Friday, December 25, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
AFTER DARK: GLOW
When: Thursday, December 3, 6:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Where: Embarcadero Pier 15, Exploratorium, Embarcadero
Excite your atoms at this festival of ebullient lights and subtle glows
celebrating the close of the year. Grab dinner by the Bay, play with
hundreds of hands-on exhibits, explore the pitch-black Tactile Dome,
then sip cocktails as you bask in the mesmerizing gleam of special
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installations, take a shine to illuminating films and exhibits, and show
your sparkle with scintillating activities. Adults Only (18+). $15 General;
$10 Members; Free for Lab Members.
Two brilliant opportunities: Receive discounted admission to After
Dark: Glow when you participate in the North Beach + Embarcadero
Illuminate SF Light Art Walking Tour. Also on December 3, The Bay
Lights will be stunningly visible along the Embarcadero as artist Leo
Villareal finesses the piece in anticipation of its Grand Relighting,
January 30, 2016.
LEO VILLAREAL SOLO EXHIBITION
When: January 21 – March 5, 2016
Where: 1401 Sixteenth Street, Fused Space Gallery, Potrero Hill
Leo Villareal is a pioneer in the use of LEDs and computer-driven
imagery, known for his light sculptures and site-specific works. This
exhibit features new work that explores a domestic scale in relationship
to The Bay Lights project. Adjacent to fuseproject, the world-renowned
design studio on Potrero Hill founded by Yves Béhar, fused space
gallery is hosted by founder Yves Béhar and curated by gallerist
Jessica Silverman.
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