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Bringing Back the Bay Lights with Ben Davis
Bringing Back the Bay Lights with Ben Davis
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Length:
68 minutes
Released:
Sep 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The Bay Lights by artist Leo Villareal first went live on March 5, 2013. Exactly one decade later, the beloved artwork went dark. Ben Davis is the driving force behind The Bay Lights and the effort to bring the artwork back with twice the number of LEDs in a radically accessible new configuration. With the project 75 percent funded—and $2.5 million more needed to proceed—Davis will reveal what's next for the historic effort: organizational vulnerability.
Davis is the founder and leader of Illuminate, the art nonprofit behind many of San Francisco's large-scale and iconic public artworks, including lighting The Pink Triangle on Twin Peaks, activation of the Golden Mile on JFK Promenade, the Summer of Love lighting on the Conservatory of Flowers, Grace Light in Grace Cathedral, the revival of the Golden Gate Bandshell, and the series of giant laser art installations across San Francisco this summer.
Davis will also talk about his vision for San Francisco as the City of Awe.
The program talk will be followed by a reception and live music by "KAVIN" on the rooftop. In-kind food donations provided by local SF Hot Cookies and Casa Sanchez.
Community partner: Beyond The Fog Radio
MLF ORGANIZER
Robert Melton
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Davis is the founder and leader of Illuminate, the art nonprofit behind many of San Francisco's large-scale and iconic public artworks, including lighting The Pink Triangle on Twin Peaks, activation of the Golden Mile on JFK Promenade, the Summer of Love lighting on the Conservatory of Flowers, Grace Light in Grace Cathedral, the revival of the Golden Gate Bandshell, and the series of giant laser art installations across San Francisco this summer.
Davis will also talk about his vision for San Francisco as the City of Awe.
The program talk will be followed by a reception and live music by "KAVIN" on the rooftop. In-kind food donations provided by local SF Hot Cookies and Casa Sanchez.
Community partner: Beyond The Fog Radio
MLF ORGANIZER
Robert Melton
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Sep 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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