Autumn Lights Festival 2021
2021 ARTIST AWARDS - WINNERS
T-WRECKS
Todd Cooper and Bob Krambuhl
Mayor’s AWARD (co-winner)
PALM REFLECTIONS
David Moore and Blake Shepard
WORMHOLE
Filma Collective
2021 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Spectra-Generators
by Joshua Hubert
SPECTRA-GENERATORS
by Joshua Hubert
Spectra-Generators is two "Jacob's Ladders" electrical Arc machines inside a 6' tube covered in holographic material that translates electrical Arc into a spectrum of rainbow light.
Phosforest
by Joshua Hubert
Phosforest
by Joshua Hubert
Phosforest is an interactive ambient LED Forest installation and sound piece.
Pixo
by Chris Constantine
PIXO
by Chris Constantine
Pixo is a cube of 4096 LEDs roughly 2.5' per side in an acrylic case. It features a tracking system that responds to nearby participants.
Email: cconstan@gmail.com
Dazzling
Dahlias
by San Leandro Dahlia Society
DAZZLING DAHLIAS
by San Leandro Dahlia Society
San Leandro Dahlia Society is a group of people who love dahlias and want to share that love with the world. Members come from all over the Bay area and as far away as Brentwood and Modesto.
THE END
OF DOUBT
by Clive Brown
THE END
OF DOUBT
by Clive Brown
It’s a giant lit up vaccine syringe piercing a smokey virus on the tree trunk .
Email: cliveeta@yahoo.com
Sun Seeds
by Toby Schachman, Monique DeSalvo,
and Ryan Alexander
SUN SEEDS
by Toby Schachman, Monique DeSalvo, & Ryan Alexander
Sun Seeds is a shimmering chromatic, alien organic mobile, grafted onto a tree. It reflects and refracts the shapes of plant life at microscopic and macroscopic scales.
Crystal Campfire
by Toby Schachman and Monique DeSalvo
CRYSTAL CAMPFIRE
by Toby Schachman and Monique DeSalvo
A place for a small group to gather, Crystal Campfire is made up of 6 crystals that have different lighting modes. Each mode has an ambient sound (ocean, rainforest, campfire, sunrise, thunderstorm) that goes with it.
THE EXQUISITE CORPSE
by Majorelle Arts
THE EXQUISITE CORPSE
by Majorelle Arts
The exquisite corpse is a disjointed sculpture to reflect a year of disconnection. Each welded metal body part was fabricated by a different artist in isolation. The artwork occurs when these elements are re-unified into a whole body as our community re-knits after a year apart.
CHARISMATIC METAFAUNA
by Majorelle Arts
CHARISMATIC METAFAUNA
by Majorelle Arts
The interactive metafauna are beautiful, endangered species. When visitors interact disrespectfully, they may die. Gradually they come back to life and those watching may learn how to treat them well and share this knowledge with others.
BUZZWORDS
by Logan Austeja and John Daniel
BUZZWORDS
by Logan Austeja and John Daniel
Large, illuminated paper wasp nests that hang from above, with small speakers that emit the sounds of insects.
PETALS
AND PODS
by Aimee Baldwin
THE LETTUCE
by Zolie Sarriugarte
and Karydis Johnson
THE LETTUCE
by Zolie Sarriugarte and Karydis Johnson
Zolie Sarriugarte and Karydis Johnson came up with the idea by looking for a use for a bucket of scrap metal. There is an LED color-coordinated light inside the piece that can be programmed from an app. The piece now sits in Zolie’s backyard.
GOLDEN
MEAN
by Jon Sarriugarte, Kyrsten Mate
and the Empire of Dirt
THE GOLDEN MEAN
by Jon Sarriugarte, Kyrsten Mate and the Empire of Dirt
The Golden Mean Snail Car is a giant hot rod art car built by a group of artists in West Oakland's Kraftworks building.
Moku Moku
the world
by Mako Ueda
and David Hollin
MOKU MOKU
the world
by Mako Ueda and David Hollin
Visitors scribble pictures on their phones. Those pictures appear on the big installation wall and come to life, sprouting eyes and floating about in a garden of light.
LIGHT ORCHESTRA
by Benjamin James and Ka’Ping Yee
LIGHT ORCHESTRA
by Benjamin James and Ka’Ping Yee
The Light Orchestra is a visual instrument that you can play with your body—it's like a musical instrument, but you're producing light, not sound.
WORMHOLE
by Filma Collective
WORMHOLE
by Filma Collective
Wormhole is a 20' long LED tunnel that is sound reactive.
BEE HOTEL
GETS LIT!
by Bee Garden Volunteers
L-WAVE
by Shawn Silverman
L-WAVE
by Shawn Silverman
A 10' tall, 1m-wide ladder with pleasant lighting on each of the 10 rungs. The side rails disappear in the dark, and the viewer sees simple and pleasing patterns. LED strips are used on each rung and the ladder itself is made of steel.
TELLING
THE BEES
by Erin Jackson
TELLING THE BEES
by Erin Jackson
Tell the bees something and watch the message make it's way to the hive
Artist's Email: sanfrancisco@alveole.buzz
POLLINATOR PERSPECTIVE
by Pollinator Posse
POLLINATOR
PERSPECTIVE
by Pollinator Posse
An immersive experience stepping into the world of pollinators.
TINKERER'S CORNER
BEE CONDOS
by Studio One Arts
Tinkerer's Corner Camp
Dream Dives
by Sanomia Byrd
DREAM DIVES
by Sanomia Byrd
Artist's Email: SByrd@oaklandca.gov
ANCESTOR’S GROVE
by Stephanie Anne Johnson
and Kevin Myrick
ANCESTOR’S GROVE
by Stephanie Anne Johnson & Kevin Myrick
A creative manifestation of exploration of outer space, African ancestral practices, nature, and sustainable resources. An Afro Futurist vision of the intersection between legacy, nature & technology, and the bond between humans and the spirit world. Created with Assane Saar for ALF21.
BUTTERFLY
EFFECT - Migration is Beautiful
by Bay Area Youth Activists
BUTTERFLY EFFECT
Migration is Beautiful
by Bay Area Youth Activists
The installation includes groups of origami butterflies, lit from below with spot lights and with LED light strips on them. Bay Area youth activists are creating 76,020 butterflies to stand in solidarity with the 76,020 migrant children detained at the border last year.
PRAYER FLAGS
FOR CHANGE
by Gabe Babcock
PRAYER FLAGS
FOR CHANGE
by Gabe Babcock
In many cultures, the butterfly represents change. Traditional Tibetan prayer flags have five flags representing the five elements: wind, water, fire, earth, and space/spirit.
Look for the artist's beautiful bowls floating in the nearby pond.
SELFIE
SPOT
by Anca Mosoiu
SELFIE SPOT
by Anca Mosoiu
The Autumn Lights Festival logo beautifully rendered to glow at night.
BUTTERFLEET
by Anca Mosoiu
BUTTERFLEET
by Anca Mosoiu
Butterfly in Light is a larger-than-life film of a monarch in flight, each frame rendered in a different light-up medium, from shadowbox paper cutouts to EL wire, by several different artists.
ROGUE MAKING
by Tenaya Conklin
A GARDEN VISION
by Friends of the Gardens
at Lake Merritt Board
LANDSCAPE LIGHTING
by Urban Farmer
FIND YOUR FLOW
by Flow Toys
RAINBOW POLLINATORS
by Children's Fairyland Elves
CORONA MEMORIAL
by Brooke A. Levin
CORONA MEMORIAL
by Brooke A. Levin
facebook.com/brookeamylevin
Instagram #yogagrloakland
AGAVE MANDALA
by Audrey deChadenedes
SOUL STROLL VIBES
by Queer Healing Arts Center
GLOWING
AGAVES
by Annie's Annuals Employees
SKY’S THE LIMIT
by Dahlia Spizman
SKY’S THE LIMIT
by Dahlia Spizman
Rainy day is a light up art installation from recycled materials (plastic bags and bottles). The installation is meant to challenge viewers to think about our relationship to plastic and the way it has pervaded our culture and environment. Microplastics have been discovered in rainwater samples and are considered the new acid rain.
ENCHANTER
by Sasha Vu
ENCHANTER
by Sasha Vu
Enchanter is a seven chamber, 8' long hexagon infinity mirror lined with ferns, air plants, succulents and bones. It serves as a portal to realms beyond ; it evokes themes of nature, decomposition and rebirth.
RADIANT SOUL EXPRESSED
by Grace Rebullida
LIQUID CRYSTAL GARDENS
by Rory Pierce
LIQUID CRYSTAL GARDENS
by Rory Pierce
Illuminated casts of flowers lit from within with LEDs
FLORA FOCUS
by Amped Atelier
FLORA FOCUS
by Amped Atelier
It is a collection of intangibly interactive flower sculptures which glow and open their petals when movement is detected using a variety of sensors.
FLOWSTATE
by Grant Patterson
FLOWSTATE
by Grant Patterson
FlowState is a real-time collaborative art project. Participants connect to the interface using their mobile devices and draw on the shared fluid canvas, which is projected.
ETIPADO
by Grant Patterson
ETIPADO
by Grant Patterson
ETIPADO: Extremely Tall Image Processing And Display Object is a 25-foot saccadic persistence-of-vision LED display with real-time input from a digital camera.
GLASS GARDEN
by Kim Webster
GLASS GARDEN
by Kim Webster
Various blown glass plants and vegetables illuminated from within.
BLOOMS OF LIGHTS
by Merritt College Students
BLOOMS OF LIGHTS
by Merritt College Students
Psychedelic Ancestral Lanterns
by Blitzy
PSYCHEDELIC ANCESTRAL LANTERNS
by Blitzy
Psychedelic Ancestral Lantern illuminates the mystical journey between the living and the dead. It serves to connect us to the inter-generational light and love we share with our loved ones and ancestors. Set your spirit free to take flight into the realm of the other world!
Artist's email: blitzyburn@gmail.com
PALM REFLECTIONS
by David Moore and Blake Shepard
PALM REFLECTIONS
by David Moore and Blake Shepard
Have you ever wondered what's going on inside of a plant? By connecting electrodes to their leaves with Plantwave, Ableton Live, and DMXis, we can experience their changes in surface conductivity, and convert their energy into beautiful lights and sounds. Opening a new portal to their inner world that we can experience with our senses.
Artist's Email: davidmooretrees@gmail.com
T-WRECKS
by Todd Cooper and Bob Krambuhl
T-WRECKS
A fluorescent feast for the eyes in the Palm Garden featuring a hungry T-Rex, a glowing pterodactyl, alien flowers and their Queen, and a nest with colorful eggs.
FISH
by Steve Dudek
FISH
by Steve Dudek
Six illuminated Arduino-controlled fish talk to each other.
MANDELNEON
by Carrie Morrison
MANDELNEON
by Carrie Morrison
Woven mandalas made from neon yarn and wooden dowels, historically recognizable from many civilizations from Mexico, Native America, Tibet, Celtic etc.
GLOW CATS
by Paige Tashner
GLOW CATS
by Paige Tashner
Metal cat sculptures embellished with UV-reactive paint, illuminated with black light.
INFINICUBE AND HOLOSPHERE
by Michael Singletary and Gabriel Levy
INIFINICUBE AND HOLOSPHERE
by Michael Singletary and Gabriel Levy
This spherical sculpture utilizes only 40 LEDs to create the illusion of an animated, holographic orb. While the LEDS spin in one direction, the timing of their flashes makes some lights appear to rotate the opposite way.
Artist's Email: gabelevy@gmail.com
BONSAI GARDEN ILLUMINATED
by Golden State Bonsai Society
LANTERN
LIGHT SCAPE
by Oakland High School
Visual Arts Academy
KEEPER OF
THE GOURD
by Sarah and Khalil Phelan Abusaba
and other gourd artists
KEEPER OF THE GOURD
by Sarah and Khalil Phelan Abusaba and other gourd artists
Two hundred illuminated gourd luminaries displayed on 30 horizontal bamboo sticks, mounted on upright bamboo support poles, will delight festival attendees.
Instagram: #keeperofthegourd
A TRELLIS
A GLOW
by Merritt College
Landscape Horticulture Dept.
A TRELLIS A GLOW
by Merritt College Landscape Horticulture Dept.
Facebook.com/MCLandHort/
LIGHTING THE WAY
TO SUCCESSFUL GARDENING!
by Master Gardeners
of Alameda County
JARDIN D'AMOUR: TO KNOW ME
IS TO LOVE ME
by Sarah Kidder
FLOS ALIENA: GERMINATION
by Mike Saleski
FLOS ALIENA: GERMINATION
by Mike Saleski
A Forest of 30 interactive 20-foot tall LED light spires.
INFINITY
DREAMS
by Katie McClung
PORTAL
by Katie McClung
FIREFLIES ABOUND
by City of Oakland Parks Services Staff
WATER LIGHTS
by City of Oakland Parks Services Staff
DRAGON CELEBRATION
by Lee-Lam family
DRAGON CELEBRATION
by Lee-Lam family
TORII GATE BRILLIANCE
by Urban Farmer employees
SPIRAL JUNIPER GLORY
by Peter Bowyer
SPIRAL JUNIPER GLORY
by Peter Bowyer
FIBRATION
by Ryan Pearl and Peter Tjeerdsma
FIBRATION
by Ryan Pearl and Peter Tjeerdsma
Fibration is an exploration of multidimensional mathematical constructions. In three dimensions, it takes the form of a torus comprised from twelve Villarceau circles, circles created by cutting through a torus along a bi-tangent plane. The name "Fibration" refers to the Hopf Fibration, a mapping of points on a hypersphere to a set of 3D circles. Stereographically projecting the Hopf Fibration produces a series of interlinked villarceau tori.
INDRA'S NET
by Peter Tjeerdsma and Ryan Pearl
INDRA'S NET
by Peter Tjeerdsma and Ryan Pearl
A mirrored sphere floats in the center of a tetrahedral LED mirror box, forming fractally recursive reflections in all directions, inspired by the mythical vision of Indra's Net.
THE SPACE GARDEN
by Stan Clark
THE SPACE GARDEN
by Stan Clark
Astro Botanicals are elegant, inflatable space plants shaped like classical ornamental flowers. These extra‐large, color changing sculptures are highly visible day or night.
FAIRY CIRCLE
by Ryan Rawson
FAIRY CIRCLE
by Ryan Rawsomn
Originally set up in a circle at Burning Man inviting people to lie within and contemplate the stars, this reimagining lights up the water inviting you to contemplate the stars within.
LUMINOUS NOUMENA
by Lauren DeSteno
LUMINOUS NOUMENA
by Lauren DeSteno
Luminous Noumena is a sound-reactive light sculpture that plays audio recordings of people’s dreams, music, and soundscapes.
CUBE AND FRIENDS
by Wes Warren
SHADOW BOX LANTERNS
by Josh Katz
SHADOW BOX LANTERNS
by Josh Katz
Serving you some hot shadows and sick sillhouettes.
VALENTINO’S REFLECTIONS
by Valentino Byrd
VALENTINO’S REFLECTIONS
by Valentino Byrd
Featuring Japanese anime-style art with an abstract spin, the pieces will have different portraits and show the other styles I used when creating them—from a classic form to a modern take on Japanese art. Illuminated using RGB lighting.
THE REMARKABLE FLOATING GARDEN IN THE SKY
by Pinnacle Drone Light Shows
THE REMARKABLE FLOATING GARDEN IN THE SKY
Pinnacle Drone Light Shows
A total of 50 to 100 light show drones that use LED's to produce a variety of shapes and colors in the sky, while making sky formations with the drones.
Email: info@pinnaclefestivals.com
AMANITA
by Kristi Holohan
AMANITA
by Kristi Holohan
The larger than life mushroom sculptures react to blacklight. Mushrooms are the classic Amanita Muscaria.
ISOLATION
by Phil Spitler and Omar Rodriguez
ISOLATION
by Phil Spitler and Omar Rodriguez
The 48” square piece has 9216 RGB LEDs with hand coded geometric patterns. The light patterns reflect our time in isolation with the center of each pattern representing the isolated people around the world.
PHOSPHOROSES
by Sharon Kallenberger