“The Bay Lights” 2016 Sneak Preview Night | SF

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“The Bay Lights” Bay Bridge Light Show

The Bay Lights is an iconic light sculpture designed by internationally renowned artist Leo Villareal. This stunning fine arts experience will shine from dusk to midnight for two years on the San Francisco Bay Bridge West Span. It’s scheduled to relaunch as a permanent art piece on January 30, 2016 after a massive overhaul.

Seven times the scale of the Eiffel Tower’s 100th Anniversary lighting, The Bay Lights is the world’s largest light sculpture, 1.8 miles wide and 500 feet high.

Using 25,000 white individually programmed LED lights, artist Leo Villareal will create complex algorithms and patterns in a dazzling display across the bridge’s west span.

Wednesday, December 16, 2015
“The Bay Lights” Bay Bridge Light Show

On December 14-16 you’ll get a sneak peak at watching the art of The Bay Lights during its tuning phase in advance of the permanent relaunch in January 2016. The artist, Leo Villareal has flown into SF and be testing/sequencing Tuesday and Wednesday nights from Pier 14.

> Get updates at @thebaylights.

The tuning will start at approximately 6pm each night (time and length is subject to change, so be patient… remember this is just testing) And Leo is planning to program and sequence for a few hours… Weather, technology, etc., will contribute to how long he works each night.

So get a sneak peak at the new program – and then after this week the lights will go dark until the relaunch on January 30th in time for Super Bowl 50.

>> Best viewing location: Anywhere with a view of the northern face of the west span (SF side) of Bay Bridge – like Embarcadero, Ferry Building or Treasure Island.

 

Watch Leo Villareal live on #Periscope tonight! Tune in tonight and ask a question around 8 PM PST! #follow pic.twitter.com/s84f5SM9mU

— The Bay Lights (@TheBayLights) December 15, 2015

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