![]() ![]() You keep watching to see what will happen next. Different patterns happen simultaneously, and the computer shuffles the subprograms so that no one sequence ever repeats. Rings rise and fall clustered forms swirl dark rectangles framed by light expand over and over circles grow into great moonlike spheres. In most of Villareal’s work you get impressions of falling snow, fireworks, swarming fireflies, a Las Vegas light fountain and stars in the night sky moving according to some divine choreography. “You might recognize certain sets of patterns, but there is no beginning, middle, or end.”Ĭontrolled by a computer program, the thousands of lights go on and off, generating all kinds of patterns. “You will never see the exact same progression twice,” explains Villareal. The final product will feature simultaneous layers of various sequences played in random order for a random amount of time. The work is composed of the 25,000 individually programmed LEDs with integrators and 48,000 Bridge Clips. The abstract illuminations of The Bay Lights are controlled by the artist’s custom-made computer software and draw their inspiration from Bay Bridge’s environment. One of the biggest challenges is making sure the Bay Lights work from every perspective - from the vantage point at the foot of the bridge or across the Bay in Sausalito. The world’s largest light sculpture at 1.8 miles wide and 500 feet high the work is part of the Bay Bridge 75th anniversary. Whether it amounts to more than a super sized Christmas light show is debatable, but it certainly is bigger and offers more complex effects. The Bay Lights is a monumental tour de force seven times the scale of the Eiffel Tower’s 100th Anniversary lighting. The Bay Lights, with its 1.8-mile-long span, will be Leo Villareal’s most ambitious project to date. Leo Villareal is an abstract modernist for a digital century. ![]()
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