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Tunnel of light

Leo Villareal. "Multiverse". National Gallery of Art. Washington DC.

 

Leo Villareal (born 1967 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American artist living and working in New York City. His work combines LED lights and encoded computer programming to create illuminated displays.

 

Multiverse, the largest and most complex light sculpture created by Leo Villareal, may be experienced by visitors as they pass through the Concourse walkway between the East and West Buildings of the National Gallery of Art. The work features approximately 41,000 computer-programmed LED (light-emitting diode) nodes that run through channels along the 200-foot-long space.Installation took place between September and December 2008.

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