Urban Art Core

Street art and graffiti
magazine, 2009–2012

Theme

Collection 8 posts Light writing and projection mapping

After dark

Light writing, LED interventions and buildings turned into screens: the city as a canvas after sunset.

Some of the most surprising work in these years needed no paint at all. Start with an overview of light art and end on the sails of the Sydney Opera House.

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  1. 1

    Amazing Urban Light Art

    An overview: LED throwies, lasers, installations and light writing.

  2. 2

    Battle of Branchage: 3D Projection Mapping on an Ancient Castle

    Seeper’s 3D projection mapping on an ancient castle.

  3. 3

    Light Art Pioneers or Not? Luzinterruptus Interview

    The Spanish collective Luzinterruptus in interview.

  4. 4

    Traceless Graffiti: TOFA’s Light-Writing

    TOFA’s traceless light graffiti in Berlin.

  5. 5

    Light Art Performance Photography

    Long exposures and light motion in front of the camera.

  6. 6

    Helios - 3D Projection Mapping

    Limelight tells Copernicus’ story on a facade in Poland.

  7. 7

    Neko - NY Light Takeover

    Neko rebuilds advertising light boxes in New York.

  8. 8

    Urbanscreen Lights Sydney Opera House!

    Urbanscreen lights the Sydney Opera House.

More collections

7 postsUrban exploration

Beauty in decay

Abandoned buildings photographed by urban explorers: a Berlin listening station, the ruins of Detroit, a Bulgarian monument.

7 postsMural art at full scale

Blu and Roa

Two muralists at the height of their reach: Blu’s animated walls and political murals, Roa’s giant animals.

9 postsInterviews, 2009–2012

In their own words

Graffiti legends and street artists talk about their roots, styles and ideas: Futura 2000, Mode2, Os Gêmeos, Vhils and more.