The project is a collaboration between visual artist and photographer to create light paintings across Chicago. The locations are quiet backdrops and neighborhoods using the night’s air as a canvas. The long exposure photographs gather contours and color from the movement of light. The artists fuse layers of reactions, drawing and location create the final image.
Captured Light was started in the fall of 2017 with Slang and Lukios K exploring the process of light painting within an urban landscape. Applying the simple equipment of a 35mm camera, LED flashlight, and tripod, the artists go on missions to distinct locations. While there, they produce a small group of images. The visual artist creates the light paintings in real time with the photographer and rarely repeats the images during each session.
