Taking inspiration from the stars and constellations painted on the ceiling of Grand Central Terminal, Holiday Molecule augments this magnificent space with a series of computer graphic animations. Using particle systems technology, Villareal has created a video that appears chaotic but is at the same time ordered by an underlying system derived from physics. Some of the animations have a natural and organic feeling that suggest snow, rain, or the swirling cosmos. Others have a more geometric aesthetic, appearing as luminous spheres that pulse as they fold into one another and evoking the spherical forms of snow flakes and other natural crystals.
Villareal was born in Albuquerque, NM. He received his undergraduate degree at Yale University and is a graduate of New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program. He has had solo exhibitions at Lemon Sky (Los Angeles), Sandra Gering Gallery (NY), and Conner Contemporary (Washington, DC).
