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The Scent of Incense
Skyline Artist Lightbirds "Soar" the SalesforceTower in Spring Migration
Lightbirds fly atop the SalesForceTower Art, brings attention to the Spring migration of bird species that travel the Pacific Flyway in San Francisco and those no longer with us. We hope that watching birds of light soaring lifts spirits in difficult times.
Watch the migration live April 1- 26 from 12 AM - 1 AM - see dates below expanded performances and watch parties.
We met with Jim Campbell for three live tests at 5th and Brannan in San Francisco.
Jim uploads our reels from the tailgate of his Volvo station wagon, and moments later,
the birds are flying on the Tower, and critiques commence.
My collaborator from Running Reel Films, Hahn Nguyen,
and I refined our content, contrast, scale, speed, and color palettes.
Hence, birds with forty-foot wingspans soar on updrafts bringing
calm and vibrancy to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Follow up on Instagram:
@thereselahaie @jimcampbellstudio @salesforcetower @bxpbostonproperties @runningreelfilms
SUPPORT FOR THE LIGHT BIRD PROJECT
Light installation artist Thérèse Lahaie is influenced by the tides and seabirds she sees as she swims in the San Francisco Bay. Employing sunlight and optical mirrors, her Sunbird reflections occur during the day, then shift after sunset to video projections with a second set of light patterns for a nighttime migration.
In addition to compelling art installations the “Lightbirds" are also a call to action for protecting seabird habitats and the impact of warming oceans on birds. This series began to bring recognition to half a million Common Murres, diving sea birds that we have lost since 2015 due to warming oceans on the Northwest US & Canadian Coast. The shapes of the sun's reflected light are reminiscent of birds and fish, as Murres can dive hundreds of feet deep to feed.
Lightbird installations have been temporary pop-up events and semi-permanent installations to date. The current mission is to grow the migration of Lightbirds to interior and exterior public and private spaces. This goal requires raising funds for engineering the technically formed mirror optics in acrylic and mirrored stainless for wall and pole mounting for architectural scale installations. The goal is to use these formed mirrors to reflect Lightbirds with 20’ - 60’ wing spans that fly with the sun on building walls, and to do so. Our goal is to raise $50,000.
The Salesforce Tower Lightbird installation is my biggest canvas for Bay Area audiences, and please keep the Lightbirds soaring by supporting our mission.
In addition to compelling art installations the “Lightbirds" are also a call to action for protecting seabird habitats and the impact of warming oceans on birds. This series began to bring recognition to half a million Common Murres, diving sea birds that we have lost since 2015 due to warming oceans on the Northwest US & Canadian Coast. The shapes of the sun's reflected light are reminiscent of birds and fish, as Murres can dive hundreds of feet deep to feed.
Lightbird installations have been temporary pop-up events and semi-permanent installations to date. The current mission is to grow the migration of Lightbirds to interior and exterior public and private spaces. This goal requires raising funds for engineering the technically formed mirror optics in acrylic and mirrored stainless for wall and pole mounting for architectural scale installations. The goal is to use these formed mirrors to reflect Lightbirds with 20’ - 60’ wing spans that fly with the sun on building walls, and to do so. Our goal is to raise $50,000.
The Salesforce Tower Lightbird installation is my biggest canvas for Bay Area audiences, and please keep the Lightbirds soaring by supporting our mission.
Please use the donate button below to make your tax-deductible contribution to this project or contact;
Thérèse Lahaie, at therese@thereselahaie.com
Thérèse Lahaie, at therese@thereselahaie.com
You can make a tax-deductible donation via paypal here.
If you prefer to contribute by cash, credit card or check, please contact Thérèse Lahaie, therese@thereselahaie.com
You can watch Lightbirds flying here and please reach out with any questions about this public art project.
Thanks for your support!
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Lightbird Sun, Screens, Video
The Lightbird Video Playlist
Look up, and glide with the Lightbird Video Playlist Take off with Lightbird drone footage of the Salesforce Tower
or daytime reflections on building walls with the sun's arc; when the sun sets, a nighttime flight begins with mesmerizing video projections.
Outdoor Installations Sunbirds fly with sun reflections on an optical mirror; when the sun sets, video reflections send the lightbirds on a nighttime migration.
Interior Installations: Sunbirds Arise, Appear,
and Dissolve with the Movement of the Sun in Architectural Space. You can install them in different areas of your building, so they fly with the sun throughout the day. They can also be lit with electric lighting at night.
Listen to the story of the Sunbirds flying with the arc of the sun, guest lecture at Leonardo Art and Science Rendezvous, January 18, 2023
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About Skyline Artist Sales Force Tower Art!Sunbird Prints
Using the sun's movement to generate shadows and silhouettes, I am currently etching with light and line on an architectural scale. These studies, both time-based and static, move in three dimensions. The drawings on the glass reflect and transmit light to combine with line and texture.
These images are of assemblages of projected light, drawing on glass, photograms, and scoured mirrors
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About Skyline Artist Sales Force Tower Art!The Fountainel Series
Images from the Fountainel Series, described as mysterious, suggest something biological, a bony structure or a multicolored blowup of DNA. There are also suggestions of mandalas, neural pathways, waterways, and fascia, referencing the networks that connect us.
The image is based on a Tibetan purification practice in which light enters and fills the body to cleanse mental and physical obstacles.
A sampling of artwork in the Fountainel series. Fountainel Mandala incorporates programmable light whose changing colors move in a dynamic stream, filling, fading, and emptying in a cyclical rhythm.
The image is based on a Tibetan purification practice in which light enters and fills the body to cleanse mental and physical obstacles.
A sampling of artwork in the Fountainel series. Fountainel Mandala incorporates programmable light whose changing colors move in a dynamic stream, filling, fading, and emptying in a cyclical rhythm.
Illustration of Fountainel Channel on an architectural scale
Fountainel Channel,
20’ h x 40” w x 3” d,
pigment print on acrylic, LED
Fountainel Channel, 2017
Pigment Print on film, LED Lighting
9’ h x 29” w x 2.5” d
Fountainel Mandala, 2018
Pigment Print on film, Programmed LED lighting,
9’ h x 29” w x 2.5” d
Fountainel Indra’s Net, 2018
Pigment Print on film, LED Lighting,
9’ h x 29” w x 2.5”
Fountainel Indra Bold, 2018
Pigment Print on Fabric, LED Lighting,
9’ h x 29”
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About Skyline Artist Sales Force Tower Art!Photograms:
Photograms are photographic images made without a camera. Sheets of glass and other objects are placed directly onto the surface
of photosensitive paper or film and then exposed to light.
Photonic Seed Positive Negative
Digital Pigment Print, 26” x 40”, 2002, edition of 6
A result of experimentation in the darkroom during a fellowship at the Kala Institute in Berkeley, California, these works offer a new visual cosmology by combining light with the transparent, textured architectural glass that is used in my sculptures.
The photograms, which expose glass to the light, transform invisible worlds into visible ones.
Intricate landscapes and strange homunculi (tiny human beings) are revealed inside the air bubbles of the glass.
Enlargement of the images inside the glass bubbles extended the cosmic fields being referenced by means of photons: packets of light that move from the core of the sun into the Earth's atmosphere.
The photograms, which expose glass to the light, transform invisible worlds into visible ones.
Intricate landscapes and strange homunculi (tiny human beings) are revealed inside the air bubbles of the glass.
Enlargement of the images inside the glass bubbles extended the cosmic fields being referenced by means of photons: packets of light that move from the core of the sun into the Earth's atmosphere.