Apr 04

Charged: Leo Villareal Interview: The light sculptor on his Burning Man origins and how “The Bay Lights” has changed everything

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Charged: Leo Villareal Interview


by Michael Slenske Two decades ago, New York-based light sculptor Leo Villareal attended Burning Man (the annual week-long art event in Black Rock City, Nevada, which culminates around…

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Mar 04

The Bay Lights Turn On: Leo Villareal’s brilliant bridge concept becomes a reality in the world’s largest light installation with 25,000 LEDs

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The Bay Lights Turn On

When we last checked in with Leo Villareal one year ago, he had just proposed The Bay Lights, an ambitious project aimed at blanketing San Francisco’s Bay Bridge with 25,000 outward-facing LEDs for a light show of epic proportions. Like many concepts, the idea was almost too fantastical to…

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