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The public is invited to witness the debut of Being/Tree, the portrait of a 1500-year-old redwood tree by multimedia artist Sarah Bird that will be projected onto the 245-foot-tall clock tower of San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building for one night only.
Harry Bridges Plaza, San Francisco Ferry Building. Map here
Saturday, April 13, 2024, 8-9 PM
8 p.m. Activities/Presentation begins 8:30 p.m. Projection goes live
Sarah Bird, multimedia artist
Ben Davis, founder, Illuminate
Paul Ringgold, Chief Program Officer, Save the Redwoods League Additional speakers to be announced
INFO: https://www.sarahbirdstudio.com/beingtree
As the sun sets on Saturday, April 13, 2024, multimedia artist Sarah Bird will debut Being/Tree, a projection of a 245-foot full-scale portrait of a rare 1,500-year-old redwood tree will appear on San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building.
Bird's presentation invites people to gather in the heart of the city to experience the wonder and awe that these iconic trees evoke. "Being/Tree is a call for those of us who dwell in cities to work in concert and collaboration with the natural world to face the challenges that lie ahead, and to be aware of the role trees continue to play in our urban world," says Bird. "The more connected we feel to redwoods and other forests, the more benefits there will be to the health of these forests and our personal well-being."
Bird's multi-year artistic exploration of the redwoods is chronicled in Giants Rising (dir. Lisa Landers 2024), a new feature documentary that explores the secrets and saga of the redwoods - the tallest and among the oldest living beings on Earth. This public art event is the culmination of this exploration with redwoods and will be filmed and integrated into the documentary, which will have its Bay Area premiere at the DocLands Film Festival on May 4, 2024.
The projection is made using four high-lumen projectors from an image Sarah made from a tree in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Because healthy trees grow in groves, there was no vantage point to capture the tree in a single photograph. Instead, Sarah used a drone to take hundreds of individual stills that she then stitched into the one projected image that represents the majestic tree.
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WHERE: WHEN:
WHO:
The public is invited to witness the debut of Being/Tree, the portrait of a 1500-year-old redwood tree by multimedia artist Sarah Bird that will be projected onto the 245-foot-tall clock tower of San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building for one night only.
Harry Bridges Plaza, San Francisco Ferry Building. Map here
Saturday, April 13, 2024, 8-9 PM
8 p.m. Activities/Presentation begins 8:30 p.m. Projection goes live
Sarah Bird, multimedia artist
Ben Davis, founder, Illuminate
Paul Ringgold, Chief Program Officer, Save the Redwoods League Additional speakers to be announced
INFO: https://www.sarahbirdstudio.com/beingtree
As the sun sets on Saturday, April 13, 2024, multimedia artist Sarah Bird will debut Being/Tree, a projection of a 245-foot full-scale portrait of a rare 1,500-year-old redwood tree will appear on San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building.
Bird's presentation invites people to gather in the heart of the city to experience the wonder and awe that these iconic trees evoke. "Being/Tree is a call for those of us who dwell in cities to work in concert and collaboration with the natural world to face the challenges that lie ahead, and to be aware of the role trees continue to play in our urban world," says Bird. "The more connected we feel to redwoods and other forests, the more benefits there will be to the health of these forests and our personal well-being."
Bird's multi-year artistic exploration of the redwoods is chronicled in Giants Rising (dir. Lisa Landers 2024), a new feature documentary that explores the secrets and saga of the redwoods - the tallest and among the oldest living beings on Earth. This public art event is the culmination of this exploration with redwoods and will be filmed and integrated into the documentary, which will have its Bay Area premiere at the DocLands Film Festival on May 4, 2024.
The projection is made using four high-lumen projectors from an image Sarah made from a tree in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Because healthy trees grow in groves, there was no vantage point to capture the tree in a single photograph. Instead, Sarah used a drone to take hundreds of individual stills that she then stitched into the one projected image that represents the majestic tree.
WHAT:
WHERE: WHEN:
WHO:
The public is invited to witness the debut of Being/Tree, the portrait of a 1500-year-old redwood tree by multimedia artist Sarah Bird that will be projected onto the 245-foot-tall clock tower of San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building for one night only.
Harry Bridges Plaza, San Francisco Ferry Building. Map here
Saturday, April 13, 2024, 8-9 PM
8 p.m. Activities/Presentation begins 8:30 p.m. Projection goes live
Sarah Bird, multimedia artist
Ben Davis, founder, Illuminate
Paul Ringgold, Chief Program Officer, Save the Redwoods League Additional speakers to be announced
INFO: https://www.sarahbirdstudio.com/beingtree
As the sun sets on Saturday, April 13, 2024, multimedia artist Sarah Bird will debut Being/Tree, a projection of a 245-foot full-scale portrait of a rare 1,500-year-old redwood tree will appear on San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building.
Bird's presentation invites people to gather in the heart of the city to experience the wonder and awe that these iconic trees evoke. "Being/Tree is a call for those of us who dwell in cities to work in concert and collaboration with the natural world to face the challenges that lie ahead, and to be aware of the role trees continue to play in our urban world," says Bird. "The more connected we feel to redwoods and other forests, the more benefits there will be to the health of these forests and our personal well-being."
Bird's multi-year artistic exploration of the redwoods is chronicled in Giants Rising (dir. Lisa Landers 2024), a new feature documentary that explores the secrets and saga of the redwoods - the tallest and among the oldest living beings on Earth. This public art event is the culmination of this exploration with redwoods and will be filmed and integrated into the documentary, which will have its Bay Area premiere at the DocLands Film Festival on May 4, 2024.
The projection is made using four high-lumen projectors from an image Sarah made from a tree in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Because healthy trees grow in groves, there was no vantage point to capture the tree in a single photograph. Instead, Sarah used a drone to take hundreds of individual stills that she then stitched into the one projected image that represents the majestic tree.
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WHERE: WHEN:
WHO:
The public is invited to witness the debut of Being/Tree, the portrait of a 1500-year-old redwood tree by multimedia artist Sarah Bird that will be projected onto the 245-foot-tall clock tower of San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building for one night only.
Harry Bridges Plaza, San Francisco Ferry Building. Map here
Saturday, April 13, 2024, 8-9 PM
8 p.m. Activities/Presentation begins 8:30 p.m. Projection goes live
Sarah Bird, multimedia artist
Ben Davis, founder, Illuminate
Paul Ringgold, Chief Program Officer, Save the Redwoods League Additional speakers to be announced
INFO: https://www.sarahbirdstudio.com/beingtree
As the sun sets on Saturday, April 13, 2024, multimedia artist Sarah Bird will debut Being/Tree, a projection of a 245-foot full-scale portrait of a rare 1,500-year-old redwood tree will appear on San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building.
Bird's presentation invites people to gather in the heart of the city to experience the wonder and awe that these iconic trees evoke. "Being/Tree is a call for those of us who dwell in cities to work in concert and collaboration with the natural world to face the challenges that lie ahead, and to be aware of the role trees continue to play in our urban world," says Bird. "The more connected we feel to redwoods and other forests, the more benefits there will be to the health of these forests and our personal well-being."
Bird's multi-year artistic exploration of the redwoods is chronicled in Giants Rising (dir. Lisa Landers 2024), a new feature documentary that explores the secrets and saga of the redwoods - the tallest and among the oldest living beings on Earth. This public art event is the culmination of this exploration with redwoods and will be filmed and integrated into the documentary, which will have its Bay Area premiere at the DocLands Film Festival on May 4, 2024.
The projection is made using four high-lumen projectors from an image Sarah made from a tree in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Because healthy trees grow in groves, there was no vantage point to capture the tree in a single photograph. Instead, Sarah used a drone to take hundreds of individual stills that she then stitched into the one projected image that represents the majestic tree.
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