Light ‘paintings’ by Korean artist Lee Jeong Lok who sez:
The butterfly, symbolizing a being moving from this world to the other, a spirit, was used to signify a gate and a messenger linking the two worlds. Nabi, the title of my work, also means prophet in Hebrew.
History In Pictures tweetz;
Grand Central Terminal, NYC, 1929. The sun can’t shine through like that now due to the surrounding tall buildings.
Long exposure light painting typography by The Collected Works.
A chart of bioluminescent creatures by biologist and artist Elanor Lutz.
Larger version here.
Quebec’s Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook transformed into Foresta Lumina – a magical illuminated trail by Montreal based studio Moment Factory.
The display includes a 2km trail through illuminated groves, peopled by shadowy figures and projected nocturnal shenanigans including an atmospheric portal installed at the end of the longest suspension bridge in North America.
Dancing with light: performed by Japanese dance troupe Enra, directed and scored by Nobuyuki Hanabusa.
An urban exhibit of light sculptures and projections in downtown Sydney which started last week and runs until June 9th.
More photos on the Vivid Syndney Facebook page.
Tapis Magiques (2014) by French artist Miguel Chevalier is an interactive light display projected on the floor of the former Sacré Coeur church in Casablanca, Morocco, set to the underwater music of Michel Redolfi.
As viewers move around the ever changing pixelated display, the projection patterns (based on biological forms, Islamic art and Moroccan carpet designs) curve around them.
Finnish photographer Janne Parviainen’s extraordinary light paintings are all created in-camera with no digital manipulation.
Throughout the long exposures, which last from minutes to hours on end, Parvianen moves around the space, tracing surfaces with point-source lights.
The images above are five of ten chosen and currently on offer as prints and canvasses from My Modern Shop.
Previously: A Little Light Topography and Meet The Illuminati
