Please mark your calendar for an extraordinary event happening on Saturday,
July 5 in San Francisco.
The British-based artist Liliane Lijn [ _www.lilianelijn.com/_
(http://www.lilianelijn.com/) ], together with her collaborator, Berkeley-based
astrophysicist John Vallerga, are setting up a temporary installation of their larger
work-in-progress -- SOLAR HILLS -- on Hawk Peak in the Marin Headlands on the
morning of July 5. Two computer-guided spectroheliostats will focus and beam
back the sun's light prismatically, through a shifting spectrum of colors,
creating an array visible from Crissy Field in San Francisco.
The planned time for the event is from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm.
A crew from BBC TV in London will be filming the installation for a film on
"Artists Working With Light" (it includes James Turrell, Robert Irwin and
Anthony McCall as well as Lijn) for the Imagine Arts program to run on BBC 1 in
October. Director of the film is Tim Kirby, assistant producer is Hattie
Bowering and the presenter is Alan Yentob. The artist will be there to respond to
viewers' questions.
PLEASE NOTE: Successful installation is dependent on weather conditions and
on receiving the necessary permits. We will have more definitive information
regarding the above conditions 3 to 4 days prior to the event. I'll send an
email update at that time with exact times and viewing location[s]. Should
Hawk Peak be fogged in on the morning of July 5th, the alternative installation
site will be on Grizzly Peak in Berkeley later that day.
Hope you can make it! It'll be memorable.
Best,
Marcia [Tanner]
510 848 0769
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