SAN FRANCISCO, March 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Jim Campbell,
represented by Hosfelt Gallery, interrupts the live-feed imagery of
his public artwork Day for Night atop Boston Properties'
Salesforce Tower in San Francisco
with symbols of hope and healing. For the next few nights,
colorful, fluttering prayer flags will be projected across the Bay
Area—the artist's response to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Prayer flags have for centuries been hung outside temples and
along mountain passes throughout the Himalayas to promote peace,
compassion, strength, and wisdom. The prayers and mantras written
on the flags are blown by the wind to spread good will and
compassion into the world. These particular flags were filmed by
the artist several years ago outside a Buddhist temple in
Yunnan, China.
Day for Night was conceived by the artist to be uniquely
responsive to and reflective of the lives of Bay Area residents.
Unlike traditional static public art, Day for Night is
constantly evolving, integrating the civic fabric as a visual
reflection of the surrounding landscape and community.
The San Francisco Bay Area was
the first region in the nation to mandate a shelter in place order,
starting on March 17, in response to
the growing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.
About Day for Night:
The public artwork Day for Night by Jim Campbell was commissioned by Boston
Properties and inaugurated on May 22,
2018. Situated at 1,000 feet above the heart of San Francisco, Day for Night is
unprecedented in the realm of permanent public art, including its
height and the complexity of its engineering. 11,000
custom-designed, flexible armatures are mounted on perforated
aluminum panels surrounding the exterior top six floors of the
tower. LEDs embedded at the tips of the armatures shine inward to
reflect off the building, creating an atmospheric glow that
correlates to San Francisco's
foggy climate.
Day for Night is designed to be a visual diary of the
surrounding landscape and community, replaying recorded footage of
the ocean, bay, sky, and city life on a nightly basis. Floating
above the night skyline, Day for Night is visible for 20
miles around the Bay Area and has become the new cultural icon for
the tech-innovation capital of the world.
About Jim Campbell:
Jim Campbell was born in
Chicago in 1956 and moved
to San Francisco after earning degrees in Mathematics and
Engineering from MIT. His custom
electronic sculptures and installations have made him a leading
figure in the use of computer technology as an art form. Hosfelt
Gallery has represented Jim Campbell
since 2000, and presented its 12th solo exhibition of his work,
Closer to Nothing, from December 14,
2019 – January 25, 2020. An
exhibition spanning the last 20 years of Campbell's work is on view
at The Anderson Collection at Stanford through August
3, 2020.
For more information about Jim
Campbell, visit our website at
http://hosfeltgallery.com/artist/jim-campbell/
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