DIY LED ART

As you know, I quite like my street art and culture jamming.

Not that I've done anything, but "ooh" and "ahh" at other more talented (and game) people's work... But lately, I've discovered a more temporary "harmless" street art form in LED Graffiti.

I first saw it on Wooster, and was so amazed I checked out further developments, leading to me following internet instructions on how to make your own LED lights and "throwies".

Throwies (I guess the name kind of descends from graff "throw-ups"?), are small and very simple LED lights taped to a magnet on one side and a battery on the other. Just throw them up to a public magnetic space, and voila! A temporary graff piece in light!

Em and I trialed it about a week ago. Quite fun, but expensive to buy and "throw" away the batteries... The only thing we've found, is that Sydney buildings don't seem to use a lot of ferromagnetic paints or materials - which is what you need, and what appears in the GraffitiLab video.

We'll do a more fine-tuned version soon.