Are you ready for the future?

The National Gallery of Art in DC has an instillation in the concourse between the east and west wings of the museum that is a massive LED light sculpture made up of something crazy--some 41,000 computer controlled LED nodes spanning the full length of the 200 foot tunnel.

Ok, you are now passing through the future.  

Multiverse, created by American artist Leo Villareal, is programed to emit abstract light patterns.  The instillation will be on display until 2009.  

I recently had the unsuspecting pleasure of standing on the escalator, er,  walkalator, as it shuttled me through Multiverse from the main building to the modernist/contemporary side. The concourse instillation itself was one of the more stimulating experiences I had in DC. Combing movement and programed light patterns creates a interactive and subjective experience, with no repetition occurring during a single passage.  It was kinda psychedelic and definitely an effective addition to the interior architecture of the NGA.  

Check out this video.  Note--Ambient music was added in post production.