We Are Bruce Lee Exhibit
Project Overview
In collaboration with the Twin Wall Mural Co., Macro Waves will develop animated content aligned with the painted mural design and activating its visual elements. A custom animation will play over the mural through projection mapping technology, illuminating the symbolic imagery and bringing depth into the messages painted across the mural. Visitors will learn about the story of Bruce Lee's humanitarian influence on the world.
Project Team
Muralists Twin Walls Mural Company, Elaine Chu and Marina Perez- Wong
Mural Assistant: Pablo Ruiz Arroyo
Projection Animators: Macro Waves Collective, Jeffrey Chun-Ho Yip, Dominic Cheng, and Anum Awan
Sound Composer: Mike Dinkins and De’Ahna Turner
Project Type:
Experiential Design / Art Direction
Client:
Bruce Lee Foundation
Project Site:
Chinese Historical Society of America San Francisco, CA
Year
2022
Additional Links:
RedBull.com/Generations
About the Mural
Growing up in the Bay Area, Bruce Lee continues to be an icon, a legend, and hero to us all. His philosophies, internal and external strength, heart, and drive sets him apart from anyone who has ever lived. As a tribute to his legacy and immense impact on our world, this mural portrays Bruce Lee as “The Bridge,” a connection between people of all backgrounds and identities throughout history. Bruce Lee transcends time and space to a place where he becomes a part of us (a unified people from before, now and in the future) and we, a part of him. Bruce Lee’s legacy and teachings will continue to inspire and live on through future generations as people yearn to find ways to connect with one another and become greater versions of themselves. The Bridge explores the universal connectedness of nature and examines the concept of living in harmony with the cycles of nature. This projection animated mural immerses viewers in the transformative words of wisdom and weaves together the energy that infinitely flows from our dearly departed ancestor.
Quantum physics is the entire measurement of nature- reality in its completeness. Bruce Lee's philosophy was that the quantum field is all around us- we are not independent from it but interconnected and part of a greater totality. Everything is part of everything. At the center of the mural is the portrayal of the idea of the quantum field and Ying/Yang energy emanating behind Bruce Lee in his snake pose. Bornin the year of the Dragon in the Chinese Zodiac, a Chinese dragon grounds Bruce Lee in strength and the cycle of his life. This mural depicts the life cycle of water to reflect Bruce Lee’s life and legacy, as it relates to our own. Water is in this sense eternal as are we. Water evaporates into the atmosphere, comes down in a snowmelt runoff, and later becomes waves crashing down in the ocean before rising up again. Only water can exist in all three states of matter. “Be Like Water.” Bruce Lee said that water is formless. “It can flow or it can crash.” Water flows through us. It also reacts to energy and stores memory.
This mural connects Bruce Lee’s journey from Hong Kong, Seattle, Southern California and the Bay Area and portrays some of the important figures in Bruce’s life , from influencers, mentors, family and people who are now influenced by his life and philosophy.
Lee Hoi- Chen, Grace Ho, Linda Lee Cadwell, Ip Man, Jesse Glover, Brandon Lee, Shannon Lee, Taky Kimura, Wren Lee, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, James Yimm Lee, Sterling Silliphant, Dan Inosanto, Juju Chan, Wu-Tang clan, Jim Kelly, Esmeralda Falcon, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Muhammed Ali, Ryusei Imai
Growing up in the Bay Area, Bruce Lee continues to be an icon, a legend, and hero to us all. His philosophies, internal and external strength, heart, and drive sets him apart from anyone who has ever lived. As a tribute to his legacy and immense impact on our world, this mural portrays Bruce Lee as “The Bridge,” a connection between people of all backgrounds and identities throughout history. Bruce Lee transcends time and space to a place where he becomes a part of us (a unified people from before, now and in the future) and we, a part of him. Bruce Lee’s legacy and teachings will continue to inspire and live on through future generations as people yearn to find ways to connect with one another and become greater versions of themselves. The Bridge explores the universal connectedness of nature and examines the concept of living in harmony with the cycles of nature. This projection animated mural immerses viewers in the transformative words of wisdom and weaves together the energy that infinitely flows from our dearly departed ancestor.
Quantum physics is the entire measurement of nature- reality in its completeness. Bruce Lee's philosophy was that the quantum field is all around us- we are not independent from it but interconnected and part of a greater totality. Everything is part of everything. At the center of the mural is the portrayal of the idea of the quantum field and Ying/Yang energy emanating behind Bruce Lee in his snake pose. Bornin the year of the Dragon in the Chinese Zodiac, a Chinese dragon grounds Bruce Lee in strength and the cycle of his life. This mural depicts the life cycle of water to reflect Bruce Lee’s life and legacy, as it relates to our own. Water is in this sense eternal as are we. Water evaporates into the atmosphere, comes down in a snowmelt runoff, and later becomes waves crashing down in the ocean before rising up again. Only water can exist in all three states of matter. “Be Like Water.” Bruce Lee said that water is formless. “It can flow or it can crash.” Water flows through us. It also reacts to energy and stores memory.
This mural connects Bruce Lee’s journey from Hong Kong, Seattle, Southern California and the Bay Area and portrays some of the important figures in Bruce’s life , from influencers, mentors, family and people who are now influenced by his life and philosophy.
Lee Hoi- Chen, Grace Ho, Linda Lee Cadwell, Ip Man, Jesse Glover, Brandon Lee, Shannon Lee, Taky Kimura, Wren Lee, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, James Yimm Lee, Sterling Silliphant, Dan Inosanto, Juju Chan, Wu-Tang clan, Jim Kelly, Esmeralda Falcon, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Muhammed Ali, Ryusei Imai