Today’s light artists work in a range of mediums that spotlight light’s many aesthetic and experiential possibilities. Common types of light art include:
– Kinetic Light Sculptures: These move and shift, mixing light with kinetics. They may use motors, LEDs, bulbs and projections.
– Light Installations: Light takes center stage in site-specific installations, like entire luminous rooms or buildings. Artists modify spaces with colored lights and projections.
– Natural Light Manipulation: Some works interact with sunlight, moonlight or artificial light in nature. Mirrors, prisms or water may manipulate the light.
– Digital Light Art: Modern works harness digital technology, using multimedia, neon, lasers, and fiber optics. Some feature interactive or programmable elements.
– Light Painting: Artists use handheld lights to selectively illuminate or ‘paint’ a photograph over time during a long exposure shot.