{"id":2930,"date":"2025-03-26T16:40:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T20:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/?p=2930"},"modified":"2025-03-27T14:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:30:35","slug":"light-artist-presentation-vincent-bal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/nrgangaram\/light-artist-presentation-vincent-bal\/","title":{"rendered":"Light Artist Presentation: Vincent Bal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/image-15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/image-15-1024x902.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/image-15-1024x902.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/image-15-800x705.png 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/image-15-768x677.png 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/image-15-1536x1353.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/image-15-340x300.png 340w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/image-15.png 1850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose to do my presentation about Vincent Bal. He is an artist that focuses on shadowology, a term coined by him which I assume means &#8220;the study of shadows&#8221;. Bal uses shadows in his art to create outlines of characters, and even sometimes, to create movement. He uses random household objects, as well as colored pens to create art. The image below is an example of using a kitchen tool to create a scene:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/image-18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"912\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/image-18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/image-18.png 912w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/image-18-800x553.png 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/image-18-768x531.png 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/image-18-434x300.png 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 912px) 100vw, 912px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the example clip below, uses a cactus toy to mimic a boy&#8217;s legs as he pedals a bike: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/Screen-Recording-2025-03-26-at-4.25.57\u202fPM.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The following video gives a much clearer insight into his creative process: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sharp Shooter\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6xCjHiMlN1s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> I won&#8217;t spoil much more, as there are many other cool pieces that I would like to present in class. However, I would like to share that I believe, simplicity, perspective, and joy seemed to be Vincent the values that he attempts to instill in his artwork. . The idea of simplicity and perspective shine in his work, where he is able to see what a few others are, and is able to realize his visions using common household items. However, he seems to choose to do this so that he can spread joy. In the description of one of his Youtube videos, he wrote: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><em>Let&#8217;s exchange all guns for pencils, see who can draw first<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And that&#8217;s what drew me to Vincent&#8217;s work. As someone who has dabbled in photography, I can appreciate the gift of perspective, where someone is able to see what a few others are able to imagine. However, it&#8217;s the na\u00efve, almost childlike obsession with wanting to spread joy in the world that keeps me in awe of his work. I&#8217;ve embedded a PDF of my final presentation below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/Light-Artist-Presentation-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Light Artist Presentation.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-88e078e0-20a0-42f6-88b2-d2df23afad29\" href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/Light-Artist-Presentation-1.pdf\">Light Artist Presentation<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/Light-Artist-Presentation-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-88e078e0-20a0-42f6-88b2-d2df23afad29\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Vincent_Bal\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Vincent_Bal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vincent_bal\/?hl=en\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vincent_bal\/?hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/vincentbaldoodles\/?etsrc=sdt\">https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/vincentbaldoodles\/?etsrc=sdt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I chose to do my presentation about Vincent Bal. He is an artist that focuses on shadowology, a term coined by him which I assume means &#8220;the study of shadows&#8221;. Bal uses shadows in his art to create outlines of characters, and even sometimes, to create movement. He uses random household objects, as well as&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/nrgangaram\/light-artist-presentation-vincent-bal\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":451,"featured_media":2931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/image-15.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/451"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2930"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3017,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions\/3017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}