![]() I see how much our community has grown since 2011, I see what is going on in our industry, and I see how new trends are born and die. Eight years of effort has told me that sometimes I need to take a break, to analyze past experiences. Sergey: Honestly, right now I am at a crossroads regarding LPWA’s future. Q: What’s next for LPWA-how do you hope it evolves? Now I am concentrating more on organizations, developing relationships between LPWA and museums, galleries, festivals and other cultural institutions. The things we’ve been doing the last two years have showed me that this goal is very possible. What’s most important for me now is to inspire the community to be more active in making and learning art. In fact, after 2015 I didn’t pursue more members as a goal anymore. Sergey: Since 2011, the Alliance has grown to about 650 registered members. And I am very grateful to all my light friends for their countless support, which really makes LPWA what it is. I am happy to be friends with dozens, or even hundreds, of artists around the globe. I only help them with ideas, inspiration and courage. It was done mostly by artists themselves. I figured, why not do the same for artists writing with light?īut of course, it would be ridiculous to think that all the work of making this huge Alliance since 2011 was done just by one person. I had a little experience with creative associations for Russian TV designers and promoters in the 2000s, so I saw what a collective mind with an active nucleus can do. To promote light writing to the masses needed a collective effort. By improving my own skill, I can achieve success and recognition, but that wouldn’t resolve those problems. Too many people were doing light drawing just for funny snapshots.Īfter some thought, I came to the conclusion that anyone alone does not change anything. Most people simply do not know what light writing is. ![]() First was low awareness, both among the ordinary public and among the art business. Sergey: I realized that our genre had two problems. Q: What prompted you to spread this passion by forming LPWA? That is why I also try to develop my own techniques and my own tools. Manufacturer’s tools bring comfort in making art, but also limitations of art itself. Sergey: I prefer to use light tools like I would use real paint brushes. Q: What are some of your favorite light writing tools? Thus, light writing brings the sense into my life. I started to develop my own techniques and tools, which could give me limitless purposes. But light writing taught me to be more patient-to spend more time for planning and preconstruction of my artworks. So, I already was a visual artist before falling into light writing. Light writing for me is another way to express my visual fantasies, with much more effective and natural execution. I’m a professional video designer, so I know a lot about designing nice images. ![]() I do not like restrictions in the art process, so I decided that photography would give me more opportunities to express myself. I spent nearly a year attempting to combine light writing with video, but it turned out that the specialties of drawing light impose fairly strict limits on its use in video projects. I realized that in my hands was a new, powerful and versatile tool for design. For the purposes of being consistent for our audience, we will use our terminology and definitions in this post, except when mentioning the official names of organizations and events.)Įverything came together for me. What LPWA calls “light painting” is largely what we at National Parks at Night term as “light writing.” We define the former as illuminating a subject with a light source, and the latter as recording the actual light source as part of the composition. (We should note a terminology difference. Recently we were able to chat with Sergey about his own growth as a light writer, how all of this got started, where it’s going, and what to expect on May 16. LPWA encourages night photographers everywhere in the world to participate, whether through official ILPD events, with a local photography group, or even just by sharing the art form with friends and acquaintances at personal gatherings. ![]() “International Light Painting Day will attract people to our art, give them a new way of self-expression, and will make friends between participants.” “As in any social action, participation is even more important than results,” reads the ILPD website. The group has announced its newest venture: International Light Painting Day (ILPD), which will occur on May 16-the date that UNESCO declared as the International Day of Light.
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