Maker Faire Bay Area 2012

The Bay Lights: 1.5 Miles of Public Art on the Bay Bridge

The Bay Lights will live for two years on the iconic West Span of The Bay Bridge. It will include 25,000 individually addressable LEDs programmed by artist Leo Villareal to display a fine arts experience like no other: 1.5 miles long and 500ft high!

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About the Maker(s)

Ben Davis

Chair - Illuminate the Arts

Ben Davis runs two SF-based graphic design and communication firms - WPI and ISH. Ben has a passion for legacy projects—major civic and social projects that will create generational positive impact and he is the visionary of The Bay Lights and serves as Chair or Illuminate the Arts.

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Leo Villareal

The Bay Lights artist Leo Villareal orchestrates complex, rhythmic artwork composed exclusively of points of light; his groundbreaking work is part of the permanent collection of major museums worldwide.

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Timothy Childs

- Illuminate the Arts

Timothy has a long career in applying innovative DIY and off-the-shelf approaches to legacy industries including the Internet, Computer Graphics, Aerospace, Chocolate, Spirits and the Arts.

Amy Critchett

- Illuminate the Arts

Saeed Shahmirzai

- Zoon Engineering

Senior Construction Manager at Zoon Engineering was formerly Senior Construction Manager at Parsons Brinkerhoff , Senior Construction Engineer at California Department of Transportation and Project Manager / Project Engineer at Bay Cities Paving & Grading. It is through Saeeds leadership and relationships The Bay Lights technical team as come together. He has worked with the individuals on the team and their perspective companies on major infrastructure projects for over 20 years.

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