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Let There Be Light: Light Paintings and Sculptures

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Although light is considered to be rather a practical than an artistic tool, it has some properties which designers can effectively explore in their works. Indeed, light can also be considered as a medium for more powerful and more vivid artistic expression. In fact, many artists and crews make use of it creating quite impressive works of art.

Although light is considered to be rather a practical than an artistic tool, it has some properties that designers can explore in their works. Indeed, light can also be seen as a medium for more powerful and more vivid artistic expression. In fact, many artists and crews make use of it creating quite impressive works of art.

In this episode of our Monday Inspiration series we present 50 beautiful examples of light art — paintings, sculptures, drawings and graffiti that were created using light. At the bottom of this post, you will find references to related Flickr pools which contain thousands of further examples of what can be achieved out of creative experiments with light.

Light Paintings and Light Sculptures

Sitooterie II The structure is a cube punctured by over 5000 long thin windows that project from all its surfaces and lift it off the ground. As the long thin windows all point at the exact centre of the cube, it only takes a single light source, located at this central point, to send light through every tube, causing the windows to glow orange. A small number of them also project into the cube to form seating. Designed by Heatherwick studio.

I am on Fire Light painting by Benegizer.

sm_light paint Created by Andrew Thomas.

Finding Light

feb light graffiti 011

Light Circles

Perfect Cicle

Human Bulb

Tunnel Kevinhooa walks backwards while circling a road flare inside the Oxford tunnel.

AntiVJ AntiVJ is funky and creative. The team creates visual experiments, installations and live light visuals. Videos are included.

So far away

Lightmark Light architecture by Cenci Goepel and Jens Warnecke from Hamburg, Germany.

Eric Staller Light drawings and light sculptures created by Eric Staller.

Spirallight By Robin Carpenter.

Laser Created by Fesan from Norway.

Light in the Hall

Fluorescent Tunnel

Light Painting Humanoids Light painting examples by Christopher Hibbert.

Dean Chamberlain

Abstract

My New Camera!

Toby Keller

Olho - Light Paint com celular e sony!

Fun with light and robots

Feb light graffiti

Lichtfaktor A German design crew which specializes in light graffiti and light drawing.

Light River A light painting by Crystal Chroma.

Michael Bosanko “We Come In Peace”.

Experiments with Light

Santa’s Reindeer - Light Sculpture

Abstract light painting

Breakwater

Neon Coriolis

Bow

Gyrating Quasar Photos created by throwing an old camera around various light sources. A camera toss in front of some lovely blue lights.

UVA and the Light Fantastic Some excellent examples of light installations presented by the Creative Review blog.

Working Late

Fireworks No light art without fireworks, of course… Sky painting at its best.

Last Click

Sprint flashlight Sprint commercial with flashlight animation.

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