# Light Art [Wikipedia Link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_art) ( 1960s – present ) ## Description Art movement and practice using light itself — natural, projected, or electronic — as the primary artistic medium, encompassing kinetic light sculpture, neon and lumia art, and immersive light environments. [[Thomas Wilfred]] coined the term "Lumia" and built the Clavilux instrument for performing colored-light compositions. ## Key Tags #light-art ## Essential Works %% none yet %% ## Details ### Key Theorists - [[Thomas Wilfred]] - pioneer of Lumia art; coined the term and built the Clavilux instrument for performing colored-light compositions ### Exemplary Practitioners - Dan Flavin - fluorescent-light sculpture pioneer associated with the Light and Space and Minimalist movements - James Turrell - light- and perception-based installation artist (Skyspaces, the Roden Crater project) ### Related Concepts - [[Visual Music]] - overlaps with light art's audiovisual synthesis traditions ### Creative and Technical Practices - [[Liquid Light Shows]] - practice-based counterpart to light art ### Associated Movements or Institutions - Light and Space movement - California-based movement concerned with perception, light, and volume (active 1960s–1970s) ## References ### Primary Sources Bibliography %% none yet %% ### Secondary Sources Bibliography %% none yet %%