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Follow The Light

Follow The Light - A Renewably-Powered Interactive Sound & Light Sculpture Pierces The Alaska Dark

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Follow The Light - A Renewably-Powered Interactive Sound & Light Sculpture Pierces The Alaska Dark

Follow The Light - A Renewably-Powered Interactive Sound & Light Sculpture Pierces The Alaska Dark

Follow The Light - A Renewably-Powered Interactive Sound & Light Sculpture Pierces The Alaska Dark

Follow The Light - A Renewably-Powered Interactive Sound & Light Sculpture Pierces The Alaska Dark

The Light Brigade
The Light Brigade
The Light Brigade
The Light Brigade
1 Campaign |
Anchorage, United States
$10,125 USD 113 backers
112% of $9,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

WE'VE MADE OUR FIRST GOAL. NOW HELP US REACH OUR SECOND!


Whats The Big Emergency?…

  • Although we have been planning and fundraising for over a year, we now have two weeks to finish this project and we are running out of money
  • If we reach our goal of $9,000 we can guarantee the installation will open on time and be brilliant 
  • We really need almost $15,000 to ensure that the team of lead artists who are contributing so much time and talent will get paid. So keep donating and please help us surpass our goal!

Winter’s Are Dark In Alaska . . .

  • That’s where the Light Brigade comes in.
  • We’re in the final stages of making the largest light and sound sculpture ever created in Alaska. It’s called Follow The Light.

Follow The Light Is . . .

  • Interactive (the lights and soundscape are activated by you, the visitors)
  • Made from vintage Christmas ornaments that the municipality of Anchorage hung from the light-poles downtown during the 1960’s and 70’s
  • An official Anchorage Centennial Celebration Project. Our subject: Anchorage’s next 100 years!

Follow The Light Will . . .

  • Be installed in Elderberry Park in Downtown Anchorage for three weeks beginning on Winter Solstice, Saturday, December 20th
  • Be powered by electricity that we (and you, the visitors) will make right on the site using solar and human-powered generating devices
  • Feature an original artist-created lighting design program
  • Feature an original soundscape composition
  • Contribute to the future of Anchorage as a great Winter City

Your Contribution Will . . .

  • Upon helping us reach the $9K goal, provide us with a much-needed infusion of cash so that we can actually complete the project and install it on time
  • Upon helping us reach the $15K goal, allow us to pay the artists 
  • Allow us to pay for and install hundreds of linear feet of LED strips, T & L connectors, shrink tubing for weatherproofing, 1000 feet of telephone and Cat5 cables, DMX 24 channel splitters and controller software, motion sensors, arduino megas for the sensors, over 1000 feet of 10g wire, snow camo netting, massive numbers of LED strands, conduit, solar panels, power-generating stationary bikes, soldering supplies, mini speakers, clamps, USB repeaters, duck bill anchors, signage, snow-scaping and will help us document and evaluate the installation and its impacts. Whew!
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Thanks!

$1 USD
Thank you so much for taking the time to support this project!
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Sticky Thanks!

$20 USD
A heartfelt Thank YOU, and a shoutout on all of our social media platforms AND an exclusive Northern Placemaking sticker designed by Lisa Fousek
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February 2015
3 claimed

Collectors Item Program

$35 USD
OR, OPTION TWO: A full-color, printed program signed by the Follow The Light creators containing artistic and technical credits, history and background of the project and our donor list.
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February 2015
3 claimed

LE Artist designed T-Shirt

$35 USD
All of the above: AND, OPTION ONE: A striking Craig Updegrove designed, hand screen-printed, Follow The Light, Limited Edition T-Shirt (short sleeves with white print on black shirt). We'll contact you for information on size and gender/style preferences.
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February 2015
29 claimed

Another collectible keepsake

$50 USD
OR, OPTION TWO: An 8" X 10" full-color, drone-captured image of the installation in the park taken on the night of the opening.
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February 2015
2 claimed

T-shirt and keepsake program

$50 USD
OPTION ONE: Get the Limited Edition artist designed "Follow The Light T-shirt AND a signed program from the event (see above description).
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February 2015
8 claimed

Future Sothebys Auction Item

$75 USD
Beautiful 8" X 10" full-color, drone-captured image of the installation in the park SIGNED by the Light Brigade team who created Follow The Light.
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February 2015
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Jackpot!

$100 USD
OPTION ONE: 1. One ticket to an exclusive wine and cheese with live music celebration event sponsored by the AEDC and it's Live. Work. Play. initiative and hosted by kpb Architects in an office tower overlooking Follow The Light (on 1/8/2015); 2. Your (or your business/company) name on our donor wall in the park and in the printed program; 3. The Limited Edition, artist-designed T-shirt (see description above).
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February 2015
27 out of 100 of claimed

Out-of-towner Jackpot

$100 USD
OPTION TWO: 1. Your (or your business/company) name on our donor wall in the park and in the printed program; 2. The artist-designed T-Shirt (see description above) 3. The full color, drone-captured image of the installation in the park.
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February 2015
5 claimed

R Is For Winter

$200 USD
OPTION 1-1. One ticket to our exclusive wine and cheese & live music celebration sponsored by the AEDC and its Live. Work. Play. initiative and hosted by kpb Architects in an office tower overlooking Follow The Light; 2. Your (or your business/company) name on our donor wall in the park and in the printed program, AND; 3. A special custom-printed, artist-designed, eight-month (just the darker "R" months; Sept.-March) 2016 calendar called "R Is For Winter," illustrated withe Light Brigade ima
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February 2015
1 claimed

Out-of-towner Print Bonanza

$200 USD
OPTION 2: 1. Your (or your business/company) name on our donor wall in the park and in the printed program; 2. A signed program; 3. The Limited Edition T-Shirt, 4. The 8X10 full-color, drone-captured image of the installation in the park; AND 2. Your name on our donor wall and in the program AND; 5. A special custom-printed, artist-designed, eight-month (just the darker "R" months; Sept.-March) 2016 calendar called "R Is For Winter," illustrated withe Light Brigade images.
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February 2015
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Conversation/Memory Starter

$500 USD
1. You will get your choice of 1 of only 4 remaining original, historic municipal Christmas ornaments that Follow The Light was fabricated out of. They were hung from the streetlights in downtown Anchorage during the 1960's and '70's. We kept one of each of the four original designs intact. First pledged, first choice; 2. 1 ticket to an exclusive wine and cheese & live music celebration (see above); 3. Your (or your business/company) name on our donor wall in the park and in the printed prog
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February 2015
3 out of 4 of claimed

The Connoisseur's Potpourri

$500 USD
Your choice! Mix and match any of the above awards that add up to $500. If you select this reward category we will email you and help you make 500 dollars worth of selections from among the many rewards offered here.
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February 2015
1 claimed

This Helps Fund Our Evaluation

$1,000 USD
A short video (approximately 10 - 15 minute) walking tour with the creators (designers, composer, programmers, conceptualizers) through the installation. The artists and designers explain the genesis and history of the piece, the design process, the technology, the challenges of fabrication. Some of them will also ruminate on the layers of meaning and intentionality behind the piece and ponder the history of the field of place-based and temporary public art in Anchorage.
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April 2015
0 claimed

Bragging Rights/FamilyHeirloom

$5,000 USD
You get your choice of one of the 6 large LED-lit sculptural objects that make up Follow The Light for your rooftop, yard, company lobby or atrium. We cannot ship. Reasonable installation charges are extra (to be negotiated following your donation). Plus you (or your business/company) receive prominent recognition on our donor wall at the park. First donor gets first choice and so on until all are gone.
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February 2015
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