I've spent the past couple of weeks doing research on Liquid Light Shows and their history. My resources so far have been:
1. Wheels of Light by Kevin Foakes for history
2. the Liquid Light Lab YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/@LiquidLightLab for techniques and lectures, most of my practical knowledge has come from this, and
3. and the Liquid Lightshow Facebook page and groups
4. https://www.pooterland.com/index.html which has an archive of lightship events around the world, as well as a list of books, films, and an archive of posters from the psychedelic movement. They also have some tutorials and discussions on how the light shows work.
5. https://liquidlightlab.tumblr.com another great archive of resources, including the history of liquid light shows and the pioneers behind it. While many people are keeping the art alive, Liquid Light Lab is compiling all these resources and making the art accessible for people to recreate.
After all of this research, I have many pages of notes of people and events to research, and I will eventually be making a huge blog post or series of blog posts about pioneering artists, history, and techniques from the 60s until now.
For now I will be moving away from the research stage, and now attempting my own light shows. My goal is for this time next week to have all of the materials collected and attempt an analog light show, as well as possibly film it digitally as well, but this will require two different setups, so I may have to choose one for now. I'll be going around craft stores, hardware stores, thrift shops, and pharmacies over the next week to try and collect all of these materials. (I'm going to try and avoid ordering things online as much as possible, but if I can't find something I will source it from online.) I am also only going to be attempting a basic two plate light show, and will experiment with things like color wheels and layering different projectors later on, for now I just want to gain an understanding of the medium and what I can do with the basic techniques before I start trying to distort and manipulate this further, as it takes a while to master.
- overhead projector (for analog)
- LED tablet (digital)
- camera (digital)
- tripod or tripod arm that can film straight down (digital)
- convex glass (possibly old clock glass, can be thrifted or something similar can be found in hardware stores)
- mineral oil
- water- based dye
- food colouring (optional)
- ink (optional, good for contrast)
- oil based dye (candle or candy dye)
- black card
- gloves
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