Water Light Graffiti

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By John Baichtal
Posted 2012/08/09 @ 7:00 am
Category Art & Design, Electronics

For a few weeks, Antonin Fourneau has been working in residence at Digitalarti Artlab on the Water Light Graffiti project: a wall made of LED which light up when touched by water. After several tries, prototypes and material improvements, Water Light Graffiti was finally ready to take place for a few days in a public space, which happened to be Poitiers. From July 22nd to 24th, Poitiers inhabitants could discover and try Water Light Graffiti with the artist, the Digitalarti Artlab team and Painthouse, a graffiti collective, invited for demonstrations.

[via Adafruit]

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3 Responses to Water Light Graffiti

miroslava von schlochbaum on August 9th, 2012 at 9:31 am said:

once again we’re left with: “yes, that -is- cool… but, how’s it work?” or in this case, what’s the sensor, or switch, that connects the led in response to water. i see them grinding away part of the plastic housing of the led… is that it? seems unlikely. is this another trade secret?

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- adcurtin on August 9th, 2012 at 8:20 pm said:
  
  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=422535101118780&set=a.422232144482409.91740.100000868807778&type=3&theater
  
  Google Translate says: Plates Water Light Graffiti, before and after installation of LED. The “flowers” conducting electricity on the front allow LED light up when they come into contact with water. Day 2
  
  So no big secret. It was really 2 clicks to go from this page to that facebook album.
  
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