Buckyball

Leo Villareal’s Buckyball is a 25-foot illuminated sculpture inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic forms. Composed of two nested spheres and 4,500 LED nodes arranged in pentagons and hexagons, the work is animated by custom software capable of over 16 million colors. Sequenced and randomized light patterns shift continuously, activating the Exploratorium’s public space day and night.