Tag Archive for 'light graffiti'

Gjon Mili & Picasso – Drawing With Light

patricia published on February 3, 2010 in art and celebrity. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

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Light graffiti isn’t new to SuperForest but I didn’t know that way back in 1949, LIFE photographer Gjon Mili, known for his work capturing movement and using multiple exposures, visited Picasso. Mili showed Picasso some of his photographs of light patterns formed by a skater’s leaps, obtained by fixing tiny lights on the points of the skates and, inspired, the two created these photographs of Picasso ‘drawing’ with a small flashlight in a dark room…

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I love the movement and the idea that these were ‘Picasso originals’ that existed in space only for a moment but were captured on film by Mili.  You can see a heap more in the LIFE gallery here.

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Sweatshoppe: Graffiti Video Painting

patricia published on November 17, 2009 in art and technology. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Have you seen this?

Light writing with a roller! Pretty nifty, huh?  Sweatshoppe is a collaboration between Bruno Levy and Blake Shaw focussing on the intersection of art, music and technology.  How does it work? Apparently the paint roller is made from green LEDs which work in conjunction with a camera next to a projector which is programmed with software that tracks its movements, the software then outputs the X-Y position of the roller projecting a textured video image of the strokes the duo are drawing on a wall.

Or magic, maybe magic.

(via designboom)

We’re Lovin’ Michael Bosanko’s Light Graffiti

april published on September 2, 2009 in zeitgeist. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Here are some “wow”-inducing photos of Michael Bosanko‘s work, which, unlike many other types of graffiti, is actually legal. He uses coloured torches to draw stuff in the air, and long exposure photography to capture it. He discovered this technique while holidaying in Greece. Check out his image of Michael Jackson moonwalking below.

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Aissa Logerot’s LED Spray Can Paints With Light!

jackson published on August 19, 2009 in art, celebrity, technology and zeitgeist. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

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“For fans of light writing, there is now a handy LED light specifically designed for those familiar with graffiti using a spray can.  The fake aerosol can, designed by Aïssa Logerot, is called Halo and simply replaces the nozzle with a tiny LED.  Logerot has a number of innovative light designs and is currently based in Paris.”

-Nicko Margolies

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The bestest part?

To generate power for the LED, you just shake the can! Brilliant.

Cheers to Nicko over at psfk for the tip!