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Paper Tails

Let’s Glow SF 2025

Paper Tails is an architectural projection-mapping artwork created for Let’s Glow SF, a light festival in San Francisco. Projected onto the base of the iconic Transamerica Pyramid over ten nights, the animated story draws inspiration from the historic legends of Bummer and Lazarus, two dogs who roamed San Francisco in the 1860s. The narrative follows Bummer as he travels through time in search of his lost companion, exploring themes of friendship, memory and storytelling in public space.

[Contribution]

3D art and animation developed in collaboration with SMASH Studio. The work involved creating digital assets and animated sequences for a large-scale projection-mapping installation, integrating character-driven storytelling with the architecture of the Transamerica Pyramid.

Role: 3D Artist
Medium: Projection mapping, 3D animation, moving image
Studio: SMASH Studio
Festival: Let’s Glow SF
Location: Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco
Duration: 10 nights
Attendance: 128,000 visitors
Year: 2025

A papercut saloon porch at night: a pianist in a cowboy hat and a dog beneath hanging lamps, with a hillside town behind

A projected library scene where a dog watches a glowing book float in front of a window, with an audience seated below

The projected library with a white dog and a lectern lit by a beam of window light, watched by seated visitors

A layered papercut projection of a white dog on a wooded hill above a harbour of sailing boats, under string lights

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