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A to Z – 2023 – T is for Traxon Technologies who created the lighting sequence for the Coding
I have been attempting to show some of the interesting light shows in the Illuminate SF project for my A to Z this year. There are some that are inside San Francisco International Airport but you have to be flying … Continue reading
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A to Z – 2023 – S is for The Seed
Today is Saturday and for our last letter this week in the A to Z Challenge we have the letter “S.” Fortunately, Illuminate SF has The Seed that I can use. I got a picture of The Seed in 2021 … Continue reading
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A to Z – 2023 – R is for Reading the Language of the Birds
Of all the creative license I have been using to cover my A to Z Challenge letters, this one is by far the biggest stretch. The letter “R” is not actually anywhere in the description of installation or its designer’s … Continue reading
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Tagged A to Z 2023, illuminate SF, Language of the Birds, San Francisco
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A to Z – 2023 – Q is for Quotes on Anima
In the A to Z Challenge, the letter “Q” can be a difficult one but luckily I was able to find some quotes! Anima is a cylinder of curved metal that is lit from inside to cast shadowy bits of … Continue reading
A to Z – 2023 – P is for Point Cloud
Continuing to work our way through the alphabet for the A to Z Challenge this year, we are at the letter “P.” As you know I am wandering around the streets of San Francisco looking for the interesting light installations … Continue reading
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Tagged A to Z 2023, illuminate SF, Point Cloud, San Francisco
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A to Z – 2023 – O is for Olafur Eliasson’s Seeing Spheres
To anyone new here, I am blogging this year about a San Francisco experience called “Illuminate SF” which is a “celebration of the ability of light art to transform our most familiar spaces and an opportunity to turn the long … Continue reading
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Tagged A to Z 2023, illuminate SF, San Francisco, seeing spheres
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A to Z – 2023 – N is for Ivan Navarro who designed The Ladder (Sun or Moon)
And so we begin another week in our A to Z Challenge. My theme this year is a San Francisco experience called Illuminate SF. For the last 10 years there have been installations of lights around the city. Some have … Continue reading
A to Z – 2023 – M is for Monarch
I know I have been using some creativity to connect the dots on the A to Z but for this one I am able to match the name of the Illuminate SF installation to the correct letter of the alphabet! … Continue reading
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Tagged A to Z 2023, illuminate SF, Monarch, San Francisco
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A to Z – 2023 – L is for Love Over Rules
This was by far the hardest of my Illuminate SF installations to find. You would think that 6-feet, 6-inch letters on the side of the building would be easy to see but it took me THREE trips to locate it. … Continue reading
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Tagged A to Z 2023, illuminate SF, Love Over Rules, San Francisco
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A to Z – 2023 – K is for Joseph Kosuth who designed WFT (Word Family Tree)
I used to see this interesting set of words on the side of the Bill Graham Auditorium in 2020 when I was driving my son to and from work, which gave me the idea for that year’s A to Z. … Continue reading
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Tagged A to Z 2023, Bill Graham Auditorium, illuminate SF, San Francisco, WFT, Word Family Tree
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