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Truth is Beauty comes to San Leandro, feet first.
Iconic, 55-foot tall sculpture of a female figure will symbolize the city's transformation to a center of technology and innovation.
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Truth is Beauty comes to San Leandro, feet first.
Iconic, 55-foot tall sculpture of a female figure will symbolize the city’s transformation to a center of technology and innovation, and the artist’s vision of a world that is safe for women.
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The public art installation will be completed on October 18, 2016.
WHO:
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Westlake Urban, LLC, the developer of the San Leandro Tech Campus (SLTC), took the lead in bringing Truth is Beauty (TIB) to the East Bay city.
WHAT:
Tuesday August, 2, 2016. Bay Area BART commuters will notice something you don’t see every day: construction workers installing two, highly detailed, 20-foot tall, giant, steel and mesh female feet and calves. The installation is the first phase of a massive, new public art piece taking shape near the Downtown San Leandro BART station. The base will be installed at the San Leandro Tech Campus (SLTC) and will remain in place until early October when the monumental sculpture’s installation is complete.
Standing 55 feet tall and weighing 13,000 pounds, TIB is constructed of 20,000 feet of steel rods, covered with 2,000 square feet of stainless steel mesh, and will be illuminated with 2,500 multicolored LED lights that can be displayed with infinite color variety.
Information about the sculpture: http://sl-tc.com/truth-is-beauty/
Press kit: http://sl-tc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/SLTC_Truth_Is_Beauty_PressKit.pdf
WHY:
The installation of Truth is Beauty is an important symbol in the transformation of the City of San Leandro, a community that is becoming a center of technology, innovation, and human potential. In acquiring the sculpture, Westlake Urban is hoping to promote and encourage much-needed conversations about of the safety of women and to create a beautiful public space where women are safe, and where women and men alike are encouraged to realize their full potential.
WHEN:
Installation begins on Tuesday, August 2, 2016
WHERE:
San Leandro Tech Campus, 1600 Alvarado St., San Leandro, CA.
(The installation of Truth is Beauty’s feet can be viewed from the west side of the Downtown San Leandro BART station platform.)
For press inquiries contact:
Ken Stram/415.652.3610, ken@2bridgepr.com
About Westlake Urban: Westlake Urban, LLC, is a family-owned, full-service real estate development company created to lead the redevelopment of Westlake Realty Group’s income property and land portfolio. Based in San Mateo, Calif., Westlake has been in business in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 40 years and has had a consistent commitment to investing for the long term. Westlake Urban connects people, places, ideas, and technology to build properties that add vibrancy to communities in the Bay Area and beyond. Visit www.westlakeurban.com for more information.
About the San Leandro Tech Campus: The San Leandro Tech Campus is a 750,000 square-foot, technology focused office development now under construction in downtown San Leandro. The Tech Campus will occupy a 7.3-acre site adjacent to the downtown San Leandro BART station. Construction began on Phase I of the Tech Campus in February 2015 and is scheduled to conclude in October of 2016. OSIsoft—one of the East Bay’s largest private technology companies—executed a 10-year lease for the entire 132,000 square-foot Phase 1 building. The Tech Campus is owned by SLTC, LLC, a joint venture between Westlake Urban and RSPK, LLC. Learn more at www.sl-tc.com.
About Truth is Beauty: Truth is Beauty is the second of three sculptures in a trilogy by Marco Cochrane, an American artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Standing 55 feet tall and weighing 13,000 pounds, TIB is constructed of 20,000 feet of steel rods, covered with 2,000 square feet of stainless steel mesh, and will be illuminated with 2,500 multicolored LED lights that can be displayed with infinite color variety. Growing up, Cochrane observed the struggle faced by the women in his life and began to see the power of feminine energy as critical to the world's balance. As his artistic expression has evolved over the years, he has realized his life’s mission: to create art to empower women. Learn more at www.sl-tc.com/truth-is-beauty/.
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