Using pixels and binary code as building blocks, artist Leo Villareal uses light to craft mesmerizing patterns inspired by nature and the cosmos, grounding viewers in a unique and harmonious experience. Interested in identifying the rules and governing structures of systems, Villareal designs custom software to choreograph his moving compositions, exploring spatial and temporal resolution as he modulates parameters such as opacity, speed and scale. Over the past two decades, his installations have transformed public spaces across the globe, including the Bleecker Street subway station in Manhattan, nine central-London bridges on the Thames River, as well as commissioned light sculptures for museums, music houses, airports and hospitals.

In Times Square, Villareal premieres his new work Pixel Dust, a hypnotic video of pulsating particles that envelop the district in dazzling light sequences, coalescing the vibrant energy of Times Square into a single monochromatic moment of inflection as November’s Midnight Moment.