25,000 LED lights, intricately programmed on a network of complex algorithms, will soon dazzle the San Francisco Bay area on the largest LED light sculpture ever created. But it won’t be the first time.
In March of 2015, after a two-year-long display, it was “lights out” for the beloved Bay Lights Project, an iconic architectural light sculpture dreamed up by non-profit organization Illuminate.org and made reality by renowned artist Leo Villareal.
The original project, which ran from March 2013 to March 2015, was deconstructed when the permit expired, allowing the city to do maintenance work on the cables. Illuminate immediately went to work raising the $4 million needed to ensure that the bridge would be re-lit.
Thanks to their efforts, an upgraded and reinstalled sculpture will dazzle once again on January 30, 2016 where it will afterwards be gifted to the State of California.
The monumental light sculpture will shine like a beacon for Super Bowl 50 attendees, along with millions of awe-inspired patrons for many years to come.
The Bay Lights Project by the Numbers (Infographic)
What went into the construction of the Bay Lights project? Here are the facts as reported by Illuminate.org:
Top image and information source: Illuminate.org