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Left to right: Amy Newby, Brian Best, Donna Becht, Shirley Moore, Senator Josh Becker , Vice-Mayor Sara McDowell, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, Jessica Yang, Mayor Laura Parmer-Lohan, Camellia Pham, Michael Campbell, Susanne Stevens, Chris Tran, Ellen Garvey, Will Strohl.
Thanks to all who joined the Community Foundation of San Carlos and artist, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the new mural in town. Funded by the Heising-Simons Foundation, "Horizon Light" is part of the national findingsproject.com, a public art series celebrating women and science. Located on the north wall of The Crepe Stop facing Bianchini's Market, the vibrant public artwork showcases the work of UC Berkeley Professor Dr. Chung-Pei Ma, a leading astrophysicist studying black holes. San Carlos is honored to be selected as one of the nine locations across the country.
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“Horizon Light”
The Community Foundation of San Carlos is proud to present its first public mural project, “Horizon Light”, to inspire and foster community engagement and to enhance the quality of life for everyone who lives, works, plays and learns in San Carlos.
San Carlos is honored to be selected as the Silicon Valley location for the Findingsproject.com. The Findings Project is a national public art series celebrating women and science created by internationally recognized artist, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya in partnership with the Heising-Simons Foundation of Los Altos, CA.
Artist’s draft rendering of “Horizon Light” mural. The mural is inspired by the work of Dr. Chung-Pei Ma, Judy Chandler Webb Professor of Astronomy & Physics at UC Berkeley . Dr. Ma discovered some of the largest known black holes.
“Horizon Light” as described in the artist’s own words
Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn
“A vibrant AR-enabled mural that finds parallels between the sparse luminous matter astrophysicists use to detect black holes with the work that women do in revealing hidden truths about our world. [ The mural draws from the scientific research of Dr. Chung-Pei Ma, an astrophysicist based at the University of California Berkeley. ] Dr. Ma studies how luminous matter reveals the existence of supermassive black holes, places in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can’t escape. These black holes can have the mass of 40 billion of suns and we only know these hidden giants exist because we can see their outsized influence over our galaxies, by studying the behavior and appearance of planets, stars and space objects we can see.
Dr. Chung-Pei Ma, Professor at UC Berkeley
Likewise, women are often our most important agents of illumination. Women celebrate accomplishments and quiet victories that others might overlook. Often it is women that ensure the last minute save, the moment of courage, the act of kindness does not go missed. Women also shine a spotlight on bad behavior and wrongdoing, blowing the whistle and bringing forward things that others have tried to shove in the back. They help us see what needs to be seen. And that’s why they are so precious and essential to our world and our future.”
“Create lasting public art across the US that engages the public with ideas and people of science; inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers, and educators from every gender, color, and creed.”
We thank our partners and community volunteers for their contributions and support for this effort.
