The estimated one million annual participants will not be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pride in San Francisco this year, yet through this effort, the city - and the world - will be able to experience something beautiful together when it officially goes live the evening before Pride Sunday.
For the past 24 years, hundreds of volunteers have gathered near the top of Twin Peaks to install The Pink Triangle. Led by founder and longtime LGBTQ+ activist Patrick Carney, this gigantic hillside installation can be seen from across the San Francisco Bay every Pride Weekend. This year, the Pink Triangle's 25th anniversary -- which coincides with the 50th anniversary of SF Pride -- social-distancing restrictions put the status of this large-scale public art project in limbo. Fortunately, to honor this historic occasion, Carney has teamed up with Illuminate (the nonprofit behind The Bay Lights) to Illuminate the Pink Triangle. This year, a small, specialized team will safely install more than 2,700 LED nodes, creating a vibrant acre of light and revealing a mesmerizing, elegant civic focal point.
"Part of commemorating any Pride Weekend is remembering where we have been," Patrick Carney, the creator of the Pink Triangle, says. "It is a highly visible, yet silent reminder of inhumanity. It recalls one of the darkest chapters of human history, yet it has been reclaimed, to become a powerful symbol of hope, inclusion, love and resiliency."
"Our City has lived through a modern-day pandemic, demonstrating great care and compassion," says Ben Davis, Founder and CEO of Illuminate. "We have an important lesson to share now. Lighting the Pink Triangle is an opportunity to honor history, inform the present, and shape a brighter, more equitable future."
"We couldn't be happier that the Pink Triangle is celebrating its 25th anniversary this way," says Fred Lopez, Executive Director of SF Pride. "I'm very proud to continue our longstanding relationship with San Francisco's most prominent symbol of queer resilience. Like Pride, the Pink Triangle encourages us to choose compassion over fear."
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For the past 24 years, hundreds of volunteers have gathered near the top of Twin Peaks to install The Pink Triangle. Led by founder and longtime LGBTQ+ activist Patrick Carney, this gigantic hillside installation can be seen from across the San Francisco Bay every Pride Weekend. This year, the Pink Triangle's 25th anniversary -- which coincides with the 50th anniversary of SF Pride -- social-distancing restrictions put the status of this large-scale public art project in limbo. Fortunately, to honor this historic occasion, Carney has teamed up with Illuminate (the nonprofit behind The Bay Lights) to Illuminate the Pink Triangle. This year, a small, specialized team will safely install more than 2,700 LED nodes, creating a vibrant acre of light and revealing a mesmerizing, elegant civic focal point.
"Part of commemorating any Pride Weekend is remembering where we have been," Patrick Carney, the creator of the Pink Triangle, says. "It is a highly visible, yet silent reminder of inhumanity. It recalls one of the darkest chapters of human history, yet it has been reclaimed, to become a powerful symbol of hope, inclusion, love and resiliency."
"Our City has lived through a modern-day pandemic, demonstrating great care and compassion," says Ben Davis, Founder and CEO of Illuminate. "We have an important lesson to share now. Lighting the Pink Triangle is an opportunity to honor history, inform the present, and shape a brighter, more equitable future."
"We couldn't be happier that the Pink Triangle is celebrating its 25th anniversary this way," says Fred Lopez, Executive Director of SF Pride. "I'm very proud to continue our longstanding relationship with San Francisco's most prominent symbol of queer resilience. Like Pride, the Pink Triangle encourages us to choose compassion over fear."
The estimated one million annual participants will not be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pride in San Francisco this year, yet through this effort, the city - and the world - will be able to experience something beautiful together when it officially goes live the evening before Pride Sunday.
For the past 24 years, hundreds of volunteers have gathered near the top of Twin Peaks to install The Pink Triangle. Led by founder and longtime LGBTQ+ activist Patrick Carney, this gigantic hillside installation can be seen from across the San Francisco Bay every Pride Weekend. This year, the Pink Triangle's 25th anniversary -- which coincides with the 50th anniversary of SF Pride -- social-distancing restrictions put the status of this large-scale public art project in limbo. Fortunately, to honor this historic occasion, Carney has teamed up with Illuminate (the nonprofit behind The Bay Lights) to Illuminate the Pink Triangle. This year, a small, specialized team will safely install more than 2,700 LED nodes, creating a vibrant acre of light and revealing a mesmerizing, elegant civic focal point.
"Part of commemorating any Pride Weekend is remembering where we have been," Patrick Carney, the creator of the Pink Triangle, says. "It is a highly visible, yet silent reminder of inhumanity. It recalls one of the darkest chapters of human history, yet it has been reclaimed, to become a powerful symbol of hope, inclusion, love and resiliency."
"Our City has lived through a modern-day pandemic, demonstrating great care and compassion," says Ben Davis, Founder and CEO of Illuminate. "We have an important lesson to share now. Lighting the Pink Triangle is an opportunity to honor history, inform the present, and shape a brighter, more equitable future."
"We couldn't be happier that the Pink Triangle is celebrating its 25th anniversary this way," says Fred Lopez, Executive Director of SF Pride. "I'm very proud to continue our longstanding relationship with San Francisco's most prominent symbol of queer resilience. Like Pride, the Pink Triangle encourages us to choose compassion over fear."
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For the past 24 years, hundreds of volunteers have gathered near the top of Twin Peaks to install The Pink Triangle. Led by founder and longtime LGBTQ+ activist Patrick Carney, this gigantic hillside installation can be seen from across the San Francisco Bay every Pride Weekend. This year, the Pink Triangle's 25th anniversary -- which coincides with the 50th anniversary of SF Pride -- social-distancing restrictions put the status of this large-scale public art project in limbo. Fortunately, to honor this historic occasion, Carney has teamed up with Illuminate (the nonprofit behind The Bay Lights) to Illuminate the Pink Triangle. This year, a small, specialized team will safely install more than 2,700 LED nodes, creating a vibrant acre of light and revealing a mesmerizing, elegant civic focal point.
"Part of commemorating any Pride Weekend is remembering where we have been," Patrick Carney, the creator of the Pink Triangle, says. "It is a highly visible, yet silent reminder of inhumanity. It recalls one of the darkest chapters of human history, yet it has been reclaimed, to become a powerful symbol of hope, inclusion, love and resiliency."
"Our City has lived through a modern-day pandemic, demonstrating great care and compassion," says Ben Davis, Founder and CEO of Illuminate. "We have an important lesson to share now. Lighting the Pink Triangle is an opportunity to honor history, inform the present, and shape a brighter, more equitable future."
"We couldn't be happier that the Pink Triangle is celebrating its 25th anniversary this way," says Fred Lopez, Executive Director of SF Pride. "I'm very proud to continue our longstanding relationship with San Francisco's most prominent symbol of queer resilience. Like Pride, the Pink Triangle encourages us to choose compassion over fear."
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