watch the sunset through the famous Light Gate sculpture
Highland Ave & 14th St
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
USA
| The public is invited to watch the sunset through the famous Light Gate sculpture located between City Hall and the Manhattan Beach library.
Twice a year on January 27th and November 14th, the sunset aligns within the keyhole of the monumental sculpture, creating a dramatic lighting effect meant to bridge the City of Manhattan Beach and the Pacific Ocean. Light Gate was commissioned as part of the city’s Centennial Celebration with the purpose to create an exceptional visual experience for locals and visitors, while celebrating the City’s past and inspiring future generations. “Successful visual art in a community can foster discussion, celebrate a city’s unique culture, engage and inspire the mind and senses, and anchor a key community place,” said councilman Wayne Powell regarding the sculpture. Light Gate was chosen as the city’s centennial art project after an intense review of over 150 submissions. “[Light Gate] will be a place of constantly shifting light and view, more than a solid object.” said artists Mags Harries and Lajos Héder of their sculpture. “As you move around and through the sculpture, it will shift unexpectedly from transparency, to prismatic refraction, to mirror reflection.” Harries and Heder further explained that they intended to connect the Civic Center Plaza with the famous beach through Light Gate. “The beach was the original reason for the City’s existence at this location.” Event Location: Manhattan Beach City Hall 1400 Highland Ave, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 Event Date/Time: Friday, Jan. 27th, 2017 at 5:20 – 5:30 PM For more information, please contact the Cultural Arts Division at (310) 802-5440 or |
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