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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSan Francisco Bay Bridge Light Display Debuts (Live Event! 9pm PST)*UPDATED*
watch live: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=9015594
For the first time in its 75 year history, the Bay Bridge was set to outshine its famous cousin the Golden Gate.
With a flip of a switch, or more accurately the launch of a computer algorithm, 25,000 white LED lights will burst to life on the vertical cables of the bridge.
Suddenly, the hulking, stoic gray steel structure will be overtaken with a seething mass of moving lights, shape-shifting into an infinite variety of patterns.
"What you're looking at is the biggest light show on this huge expansion of the Bay Bridge," said Carole Klyce, whose apartment overlooks the Bay Bridge. "There's nothing like it in the whole world."
The project was first envisioned by Ben Davis after an experience at the Burning Man arts festival. He wanted to find a way to mark the 75th anniversary of the Bay Bridge.
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Bay-Bridge-Light-Display-Debuts-195457311.html
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)And you can see it live, via the link: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=9015594
Ohio Joe
(21,760 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)just after 6pm now..so I would imagine it will be soon. They were testing it earlier this week, and its quite spectacular.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)And now I'm home and too lazy to go back out
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)8:30 tonight pst is when it starts. I have posted a link people can watch above! Yay..TIME ENOUGH to make popcorn!
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)Love it.
However, I doubt that I will ever see it, as I never go into the city at night (I live in the North Bay).
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)desk or lap top. Stay warm, make some hot cocoa.. (Were getting rain soon also!)
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)I have her card, somewhere on my desk, but I cannot find it.
We held an awareness event on our property (I will PM you a link so the crazies don't see it). This is a very cool project and the planet needs more of like it.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)And since we have a major rain storm coming in, its gonna be great to sit here with a cup of Hot Cocoa and watch it from my wide screen desk top!
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)CreekDog
(46,192 posts)yes, it will be fun!
go to Pier 14. best view.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Been watching the Doppler radar, and were going to get pounded soon with Rain. I think it will be nice to sit here (right now with my home made orange julius- vanilla ice cream and orange juice.) and watch it full on my flat screen monitor.
Just a hour to go ! Lets keep this bumped till 8:30!!
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)this show is going to run every night for i think at least a year.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)But I don't go downtown that often at night, but a trip to the Neptune Locker for a nice Seafood dinner might be nice..and a chance to watch it from Pier 39.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)it's probably the best spot to look at the bridge.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Since it will be all year, a great place to see it will be here!!
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)at least from the walkway as it bends around towards the Bay.
so, yes, I recommend the game a a stroll for the Bridge view at sunset, and with the lights, another trip to see them.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)FirstLight
(13,360 posts)won't it be a distraction to motorists? I guess the lights are on the outside portion of the span, so they won't shine in the driver's faces...?
still, very neat to see the BB redone so nicely, after the quake of 89, it has been a long haul.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)would not be able to see it really. You have to be at a distance, as the lights will be animated, probably showing different patterns and animation of a kind. I saw a short clip from it..its quite nice. Something different for the Bay Area.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)SAN FRANCISCO For decades the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has been considered, when it is considered at all, as a headache for commuters and a place not to be in an earthquake.
But that reputation is set to change Tuesday night when the artist Leo Villareal will switch on what is being billed as the worlds largest L.E.D. light sculpture. The public art installation, The Bay Lights, will illuminate the bridges 1.8-mile western span with 25,000 undulating white lights.
My inspiration comes from the motion around the bridge, the kinetic activity of boats, water, clouds, traffic, Mr. Villareal said.
From a distance, it will appear as a shimmering illuminated mass, but Mr. Villareal controls each light individually with a software program he developed. He turns the whole thing on and off from his laptop.
Mr. Villareals ability to fuse technology into his art is particularly apt here in a city awash in new tech wealth and buzzing with the frenetic energy of start-ups and highly caffeinated computer programmers.
more..http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/05/us/light-sculpture-is-set-for-bay-bridge.html?_r=0
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)according to KGO.. TV
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)*definitely raining in San Francisco ..droplets on the cam!
SpookyCat
(1,066 posts)I'm on the other side of town, we look out over the Golden Gate so I won't catch it live so I appreciate the live link.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)off the cam