Jake West has spent more than a decade helping cities, towns, and property owners reclaim the nighttime half of their public spaces. At Limbic Media, the interactive-lighting studio behind installations across North America—from Lincoln Square in New York City to the Singing Trees of Fort Worth—he has advised hundreds of municipalities on the design, funding, and engineering of vibrant nightscapes. A former street performer and teacher, he lives in Victoria, British Columbia, with his wife and two children.

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