Technology+Water = Amazing Water Graffiti (video)
Monday, August 13, 2012 at 9:00AM 
Graffiti sometime gets a bad rap, although most graffiti tells a story of a person/artist and defines the city. Graffiti doesn't just have to be spray paint, markers, or sticker bombing by artists who like to keep off the radar and use aliases. Graffiti can be inclusive and interactive, and oh, created by water and LED lighting. This is an incredible project created in France by Antonin Fourneau. "The "Water Light Graffiti" is a surface made of thousands of LED illuminated by the contact of water. You can use a paintbrush, a water atomizer, your fingers or anything damp to sketch a brightness message or just to draw. Water Light Graffiti is a wall for ephemeral messages in the urban space without deterioration. A wall to communicate and share magically in the city."
Imagine what this might look like on a rainy day!
Water Light Graffiti by Antonin Fourneau, created in the Digitalarti Artlab from Digitalarti on Vimeo.
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Graffiti paintings have been denounced by many people for a long time but Fourneau's stunning project could finally make a positive impression on them. What immediately came to my mind when I saw the pictures was the so-called Graffiti Panel that is about to be established here in Toronto to check the city walls and deem the paintings either art or vandalism. However, I am afraid the panel members might be prejudiced which would mean that each and every graffiti painting in Toronto could very easily be removed and an important part of our city’s artistic creation would thus be lost. Do they really think this is the best way to fight vandalism?