In October 2012, Michael Bosanko, a light graffiti artist, made what is said to be the largest light art piece ever created.

This light artwork by Michael Bosanko carried a Halloween theme as it was created in October. It is the largest project he has done and thought to be one of the largest ever made. (Image: YouTube screenshot)
This sort of artwork uses a single camera exposure, hundreds of lights and unedited photography. So what would it take to make the largest piece ever? As Bosanko explained in a video recently released detailing how it was done, it took a 35,000-square-foot airplane hanger in the U.K. and “a lot of torches.”
It was also the longest exposure he had done on camera. Ultimately, the camera was left to expose for more than an hour, and it took two attempts to achieve the result he wanted.
“One thing I’ve always wanted to do was have a complete blank canvas and create my own environment, my own characters just purely out of light,” Bosanko said in the video. The artist usually incorporates a natural backdrop into his light art.
Watch the making of the piece, which includes Basanko’s dance-like movements as he’s visualizing what the lights will look like when he’s setting the project up:
Since he created this piece in October, it had a Halloween theme. But more recently, he’s done some for the Christmas holiday as well. Here are videos for a couple of those.
Christmas tree light art:
Manger light art:
Present light art:
Check out more of Bosanko’s light graffiti on his Facebook page here.
If you liked this story, here’s another feature on TheBlaze showcasing a light painter’s work.
(H/T: Gizmodo)





















































































































curmudgeon60
Jan. 7, 2013 at 3:51pmThis is awesome! God gives talent and this man uses his. The manger scene was a stretch for me but I appreciate the talent and the beauty. Thank you Blaze for posting this! : )
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Budrow
Jan. 7, 2013 at 12:53amOh HELL!!!!!! Who hasn’t done that with flashlights and fourth of July sparklers? I was doing that very thing sixty years ago. Let’s move on! That guy needs to get a real job so he can pay some taxes.
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AnothaMotha
Jan. 6, 2013 at 12:38pmThat’s cute and all, he’s off to a good start, but check out quality work by a true pro! Tackyshack does amazing light painting that blows this kids sketches out of the water:
http://www.flickr.com/people/tackyshack/
and
http://www.tackyshack.net/
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YoungPatriot87
Jan. 6, 2013 at 2:15pmWhy does everyone need to one up people on this web site….
Why not a “Wow thats amazing, my lame skills behind a keyboard couldnt ever do that!”
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Mr.Fitnah
Jan. 6, 2013 at 10:44amI hope he gets all the tax payer money he needs to fart about in the dark.
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YoungPatriot87
Jan. 6, 2013 at 2:16pmThis stuff is usually privately funded
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Mustanger
Jan. 5, 2013 at 11:02pmI would prefer the Scouse translation.
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truthseekerusa
Jan. 5, 2013 at 6:07pmI enjoyed the light show. It helped to lift the spirits during another bleak political week in the US. Thanks Blaze staff for bringing something lighthearted to these pages for all to enjoy.
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YoungPatriot87
Jan. 6, 2013 at 2:17pmHear Hear, i agree!
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Matt
Jan. 5, 2013 at 5:41pmSeriously Blaze, this is America. You need to translate into our lexicon for your articles. Especially your headline. When you put “torches”, we think you mean actual torches, but what’s meant here is flashlights. Really now, you wouldn’t put this without translating it:
A bobby flipped his blues and twos on a chap in his lorry. The chap thought, “Bloody hell I’m in barney.” He got out and they had anargy-bargy over the belisha beacon beside the zebra crossing. The cop said, “You bleeder, why’d you bugger that up?” The bloke replied, “Blimey, but I didn’t see it on account of me lorry’s huge bonnet.” The cop responded, “That’s a load a blag you gob-*****. I saw you and you weren’t even watchin. Busy haven a breky of some aught from the chinky you was. Keep yer ‘ead and watch the bloody road next time you great stupid git.”
If you would translate that for us, why don’t you translate the word “torch” into American English?
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The-Monk
Jan. 5, 2013 at 5:58pmI thought “torches” meant acetylene torches to heat up and bend the glass tubes….
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FreeUsAll
Jan. 5, 2013 at 6:23pmLol. Actually, Matt, I’m going to just say your wrong. Every new story should be in U.K. English, complete with colorful slang, and you could just translate it for us. Better yet, you could just translate every news story from The Blaze into U.K. English, slang and all. Lmao, that was a great story you wrote. I give it a ten.
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teacherbil
Jan. 6, 2013 at 3:10amLOL! Now THAT’S entertaining, Matt!
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TheFederalist
Jan. 6, 2013 at 9:02amHey Matt,
Did you get your britches pulled up in your crack? Anyone who reads the story and views the video`s will understand that torches are flashlights. Duh!
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media-bias-steals-elections
Jan. 6, 2013 at 1:22pmYou figured it out, I figured it out, so why do we need a translation that would accuse the Blaze of journalistic integrity questions? I think it looked kind of cool.
Stuff like this matters, large scale stuff. Imagine a few hundred thousand hot air balloons, trying to hose down volcanic ash from the Icelands by pumping sea water, or spraying down mixtures of sand or baking soda to keep the Northern Hemisphere from choking on clouds of sulpheric acid from a volcanic eruption like one of the founding fathers of America wrote about in his journals?
Cheaper to live in gas masks? I don’t know, maybe those university guys can figure it out? We are living in the best of times, lighten up folks?
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