“A particular order can be found in deepest space, in our oceans and forests, and in all living things, including ourselves – a unified code producing endless variation.  Gravity and cosmic winds shape star-forming nebulas into coral-like forms.  Flowers self-organize in radial symmetry with signals hidden from the human eye.  Stars are birthed, explode, collapse, and are reborn.  Invertebrates move on the tides of oceans, signaling with ever-changing bioluminescence.  Light bends time as events unfold in our own lives.” 

Cosmic Reef reflects on the ordered randomness in nature, capable of producing beauty and symmetry.  The individual works begin with a simple geometry that becomes more complex through composed dynamic layers, each born of a combination of human control and computational chance.  

Leo Villareal creates intricate sculptures that speak to the underlying rules and structures of systems for both gallery and public settings.  He is interested in exploring ways to express this through base units such as pixels and binary code.  Villareal is most known for two monumental public artworks: The Bay Lights, a site-specific light sculpture that occupies the entire western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and Illuminated River, a series of generative light sculptures installed on nine bridges over the River Thames in London.

CONTROLS:

“Z”: Journey along the Z-axis   

Cosmic Reef is graphics intensive & requires a WebGL2-enabled browser.


Cosmic Reef

▶
CS/TR-86 Bootstrap Loader. . .

Starting COLORSPACE v1.0
=
╔══════════════════════════╗
1.      View Fullscreen
1.     Click **[X]** w/ mouse to hide UI
1.     CRITICAL ERROR!

╚══════════════════════════╝

    loading...
▓░░░░░░░░░ - 10%

Colorspace is a tribute to creating on the computer.
An animated painting with programed brushes, erasers, and accents.
Based on the gestures of classic screensavers and operating system UI elements.

▓▓▓▓░░░░░░ -40%

I was inspired by the file size limits of storing on Ethereum.
Cutting edge technology meets a floppy disc.
It reminded me of my original software tools: 
MacPaint, Kid Pix, HyperCard, on a black and white Mac Classic II.
Colliding with a decked out gaming computer, running an arsenal of software, in millions of colors.

▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░ -60%

I hope Colorspace evokes the fun of learning new software, 
the trance like state of a late night coding session, 
and the anxiety of a HDD failure at a critical deadline.

▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ -99%
 

**`C:\> start selfPromotion.exe`**
==
 > Hi, my name is Tabor Robak.
 > I've been making art on the computer my whole life.
 > My work is collected by institutions like The MET, MoMA, and the Whitney.
 > I'm a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree.
 > I've collabed with brands like Balenciaga and Microsoft.
 > I've taught at NYU and lectured at Yale.
 > 
 > This is my first NFT project.

  
╔════════════════════════╗

    Controls
=
1.    **[ESC]** to shutdown*
1.    Click **[X]** w/ mouse to hide UI
1.    **[SHIFT]** to restore UI
1.    **[◄ or ►]** adjust speed
1.    Draw with **[Mouse 1]**

 Shutdown only while UI is active.
 Keyboard controls will activate
 after clicking once within canvas.

╚════════════════════════╝
  

S͎̈́̚ͅYS̟̝̾̂T̠̻̝Ë̵͎M̠̝͇̄̏͛ ̱͇̠ͤ̏͑F͞A̤̤Î̖͇̓Lͥͫ̏̀Ŭ̻R̤̩̭̋ͣ̃E̘̭̐̏ ͙̟͗̅CR̵̩͉̟͂͊̇I̹̻̬ͦ̓ͫṮ̥̖I͗́ͥ͏C̨A̴͓̣ͨ͌L ͚̦͇̆͐̒ER͝R̴͇͓̃͋O̘̽͜R

Colorspace

Dreams is an exploration of uneven subdivision. It focuses on the interaction between uniform and crooked lines, and the complex structures that can emerge from simple rules. Each iteration of Dreams is unique, with characteristics determined by the hash created at the moment of transaction. Created by Joshua Bagley

Dreams

**Running Moon** depicts the nuanced interaction between clouds and moonlight. It is a search for boundaries between structure and fluidity, precision and errors. It is a quest for harmony. 

The rendering of **Running Moon** is inspired by stained glass and watercolor. It captures the sharpness of the glass and the softness of light using abstract forms. As organic shapes gradually expand to fill the space, brush-pen-like stripes solder these pieces together to form intricate compositions.

Running Moon

A real-time live interactive piece that also acts as a clock. 720 unique ways to show the current time, one per minute over twelve hours. Each clock will activate on its given minute, giving you a special moment every twelve hours to consider what one minute means to you.

Art Blocks Curated

Cosmic Reef #229

Leo Villareal

About Cosmic Reef #229

Leo Villareal

230 of 1024

-

View on marketplaces

Additional details

More in Art Blocks Curated

Colorspace

Tabor Robak

Dreams

Joshua Bagley

Running Moon

Licia He

720 Minutes

Alexis André

Art

Company

Learn