Moscone Center
“Point Cloud” by Leo Villareal, the designer of “The Bay Lights” on the Bay Bridge has been incorporated into the new East Bridge, which connects Moscone North and South.
Commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission for $1.5 million, it is part of the city’ 2% for Art Program.
This light sculpture is made up of over 50,000 full-color LEDs arranged in a three-dimensional array. Approximately 800 mirrored stainless steel rods, hanging from the ceiling, support the LED matrix.
The lights on this site-specific artwork are sequenced with Villareal’s custom software. The patterns are constantly changing. While these photos, taken during the day, do not show how bright the lights actually are, it is a nice focal point for both walkers and drivers naviagting the crowded situation always found around Moscone.
Leo Villareal (born 1967 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) lives and works in New York City. His work combines LED lights and encoded computer programming to create illuminated displays.
Villareal received a BA in sculpture from Yale University in 1990 and a graduate degree from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Interactive Telecommunications Program.
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