Lightborne

About This Location

Lightborne is a motion graphics, production and post production studio specializing in commercials and music videos. They specialize in projects that mix motion design, live action, animation and visual effects. If you get a chance, poke your head in the door, the architecture of the foyer is pretty amazing.

About the Mural

Unlike most of the murals, this one is just one large image, Eye Alert Cream. Released in January of 2010, it is a response to Fairey's disappointment with the U.S. healthcare system. In his words:

... I'm disappointed that instead of focusing on saving lives and improving lives, healthcare reform is succumbing to corporate-fueled fear and disinformation. The healthcare industry is the largest in America, yet 30 million people - 10% of our population - are left without the means to access medical care.

We know that something needs to be done about our broken (or nonexistent) system, or costs will continue to skyrocket and more and more people will be left without access to healthcare. It's a moral issue and a human rights issue, but it looks like the people who have stood up for it have been outvoted by corporations and their lobbyists. It's a sad day in America.