Sensorio in Paso Robles, California
PROFILE
Shining a LIGHT
onBRUCE MUNRO
THE ACCLAIMED BRITISH LIGHT ARTIST BRINGS A BRILLIANTLY BEAUTIFUL, HIDDEN HIGH-TECH GARDEN TO THE HILLS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
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BY DAY, THOUSANDS OF MILKY SPHERES DOT A SECLUDED
film, Avatar. Others rave about the captivating result of merging technol-
stretch of land off of Highway 46. But as night falls, these rolling hills
ogy and nature—as if a Kusama installation collided with Keukenhof. This
northeast of downtown Paso Robles begin to glow, transforming into a
collection of nearly 60,000 stemmed spheres lit by fiber-optics and gently
brilliant 15-acre valley of undulating lights. Visitors have likened it to Pan-
illuminating the landscape in subtle blooms of morphing color is Bruce
dora, the fantastical alien world in James Cameron’s epic science fiction
Munro: Field of Light at Sensorio.
PHOTO CREDIT: ©SERENA MUNRO
BY STEPH KEAY
