Pier 27
Point of View is comprised of two sculptures that resemble lighthouses — one is installed at the Port of San Francisco, and an identical tower is in Haifa, Israel.
Viewers look into a periscope-like screen to see a live feed of the other location.
The installation is dedicated to San Francisco’s late Mayor Edwin Lee. The project aims to celebrate “the vibrancy of the cities’ art and technology sectors.” San Francisco and Haifa became sister-cities in 1972.
The Sister City Committee commissioned Saron Paz and Mathew Passmore to create the installation after San Francisco officials traveled to Haifa in 2016 with the mayor.
Saron Paz studied at the Holon Institute of Technology, The Design Academy Eindhoven, and The Sandberg Institute. He is CEO of the design studio ForReal Team.
Mathew Passmore heads Morelab. Passmore is a conceptual artist, a professional musician, an attorney and the National Librarian for Cabinet magazine. He studied Analytic Philosophy at UCLA and Law at the University of California, Hastings College of Law.
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