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Leo Villareal - Light Up the Dark
Manage episode 484387672 series 2712589
Leo Villareal is a pioneering light artist, bringing teams and tech together to activate buildings, bridges, and bastions. He started Burning in 1994, founded Disorient camp, and has been to every Burn since.
Join Leo sharing his journey from crafting a single beacon for his tent to leading monumental art projects that reshaped skylines. He illuminated the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, the historic bridges over the River Thames in London, and projects everywhere from Washington DC to Iowa, from NYC to Tokyo.
Leo and Stuart discuss how the open-source innovation of Black Rock City impacts the default world.
Leo shares his process for conjuring tech, from coding sequences, to customizing LED fixtures.
He encourages artists to engage with their communities outside of their comfort zones.
Plus, he shares his way of being a lifelong learner, and tells stories of the convening power of photons as an artistic medium, as a digital campfire for all.
Hear him flip the switch, and stay until the brilliant end.
villareal.net/urban-scale-artworks
112 episodes
Manage episode 484387672 series 2712589
Leo Villareal is a pioneering light artist, bringing teams and tech together to activate buildings, bridges, and bastions. He started Burning in 1994, founded Disorient camp, and has been to every Burn since.
Join Leo sharing his journey from crafting a single beacon for his tent to leading monumental art projects that reshaped skylines. He illuminated the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, the historic bridges over the River Thames in London, and projects everywhere from Washington DC to Iowa, from NYC to Tokyo.
Leo and Stuart discuss how the open-source innovation of Black Rock City impacts the default world.
Leo shares his process for conjuring tech, from coding sequences, to customizing LED fixtures.
He encourages artists to engage with their communities outside of their comfort zones.
Plus, he shares his way of being a lifelong learner, and tells stories of the convening power of photons as an artistic medium, as a digital campfire for all.
Hear him flip the switch, and stay until the brilliant end.
villareal.net/urban-scale-artworks
112 episodes
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