Painting with Light! - LichtFaktor

Lichtfaktor is a group of German guys who,

using glow-sticks, flashlights, reflectors and

even fireworks, create expressive Graffiti and

other imagery using light photography on slow

exposure. Lichtfaktor is different to other Graffiti

artists and taggers who tag almost everything,

some even thought to be impossible without

getting caught, in the way that what they do as an

artwork is not illegal, they don’t use paint as their

medium.

When Lichtfaktor create an artwork,

they integrate the entire space used to produce the

work in, to make it part of the work as a whole

and not just as a backdrop for the focal part of the

image. Other graffiti artists have argued that this

type of work is not classed as graffiti but if you

take a look at the artworks done by Lichtfaktor,

you can clearly see that even though its made

with light, it is a form of graffiti.

The fact that Lichtfaktor creates artworks

everywhere and anywhere definitely shows

that the opportunities for design are limitless.

This form of art can not only be seen as graffiti,

it can be used to create a number of effects

for magazine layouts, poster design or even

television and film. I feel that this type of graffiti

could be almost an evolution from the traditional

painted method. Its a futuristic medium of art

which blends well with todays generation and

fits into modern and contemporary design by its

abstract and unique form of creation.

References:

LichtFaktor. (2007). Retrieved May 24, 2010,

from http://www.lichtfaktor.eu/blog/?page_id=4

LichtFaktor (2007) Retrieved May 24, 2010,

from http://www.lichtfaktor.eu/blog/?page_id=3

YouTube (2007) Retrieved May 24, 2010, from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlWnpz0Di90