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Installation art piece at the National Gallery of Art with thousands of white LEDs by [http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/villarealinfo.shtm Villareal].
Installation art piece at the National Gallery of Art with thousands of white LEDs by [http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/villarealinfo.shtm Villareal]. The sign read:
 
<pre>
LEO VILLAREAL
American, b. 1967
Multiverse, 2008
 
light emitting diodes (LEDs), Mac mini, and electronic circuitry
On load from the artist
Courtesy Conner Contemporary Art, Washington DC
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The moving walkway between the East and West Buildings
has taken on a new dimension with the addition of a site-
specific LED sculpture by artist Leo Villareal.  About 41,000
LEDs were inserted in the vaulted architecture of the walk-
way.  The artist then programmed the electronic circuitry
to form kinetic configurations of white light conveying
associations ranging from artificial life to organic form.
The programming both instructs the lights and allows for
an element of chance.  While it is possible that a pattern
wil repeat during a viewer's experience, it is unlikely.  This
sculpture will be on view until November 2009.
 
Learn more about this installation at
www.nga.gov/villarea
 
This sculpture was generously funded by
Victoria P. and Roger Sant and Sharon P. and Jay Rockefeller.
 
Please do not touch the sculpture or the metal slats.
</pre>

Latest revision as of 21:41, 13 December 2008

Installation art piece at the National Gallery of Art with thousands of white LEDs by Villareal. The sign read:

LEO VILLAREAL
American, b. 1967
Multiverse, 2008

light emitting diodes (LEDs), Mac mini, and electronic circuitry
On load from the artist
Courtesy Conner Contemporary Art, Washington DC
--------------------
The moving walkway between the East and West Buildings
has taken on a new dimension with the addition of a site-
specific LED sculpture by artist Leo Villareal.  About 41,000
LEDs were inserted in the vaulted architecture of the walk-
way.  The artist then programmed the electronic circuitry
to form kinetic configurations of white light conveying
associations ranging from artificial life to organic form.
The programming both instructs the lights and allows for
an element of chance.  While it is possible that a pattern
wil repeat during a viewer's experience, it is unlikely.  This
sculpture will be on view until November 2009.

Learn more about this installation at
www.nga.gov/villarea

This sculpture was generously funded by
Victoria P. and Roger Sant and Sharon P. and Jay Rockefeller.

Please do not touch the sculpture or the metal slats.

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