--- author: Jan Brennenstuhl categories: - Urban Exploration cover: alt: Light Painting WiFi height: 840 src: https://www.urbanartcore.com/light-painting-wifi/light-art-wifi1.jpg width: 1880 credit: '' date: '2011-03-02T16:06:43Z' description: WiFi is all around us. Three creative technician now developed a light art tool for making WiFi visible. The results are nice examples of technically influences, abstract urban artworks... tags: - Light Art - Urban Hacking - Urban Interaction - European Urban Art title: Light Painting WiFi url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/light-painting-wifi/ --- # Light Painting WiFi *Urban Light Art* | Yeah I know, the results when art meets technology are often strange, but sometimes also groundbreaking and interesting. **Timo Arnall**, **Jørn Knutsen** and **Einar Sneve Martinussen** recently showed that the [**Graffiti Research Lab**](/hackers-graffiti-writers/) is not the only agency which combines urban arts with technology by developing a four meters tall light art tool which makes WiFi visible! > This project explores the invisible terrain of WiFi networks in urban spaces by light painting signal strength in long-exposure photographs. A four-meters long measuring rod with 80 points of light reveals cross-sections through WiFi networks using a photographic technique called light-painting. (About the project) In my eyes, the results the team created are a somehow nice example of how close technology and abstract art in an urban context are... For more info about the project, visit [nearfield.org](http://www.nearfield.org/2011/02/wifi-light-painting) or [yourban.no](http://yourban.no/2011/02/22/immaterials-light-painting-wifi/)! ![light art wifi]() light art wifi ![wifi light art]() wifi light art Image by [Timo Arnall](http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo/sets/72157626020532597/).