What is gloving you might ask? Yes, it’s those light up gloves you saw on shark tank a few months back. Gloving has been in underground culture called “raves” until 2006 when it was first introduced to the rest of the world on YouTube. Ever since then, millions of people use this art form called “gloving” which is when a person, using their fingers, to make trails and patterns using light up gloves that can change color with the motion of the light. Light shows, dancing using the gloves, is a personal experience between the glover and the person receiving the light show. The art form of gloving has been held back by major festivals such as EDC and Nocturnal Wonderland because of the history of the art. This form of expression started back
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These types of light shows started to grow with the aid of hallucinating drugs such as LSD or Ecstasy. In 2006, a light artist named Hermes put the lights into the gloves fingertips, this started a revolution in the way of dance and therapy. Hermes expressed in an interview with Emazinglights, who is one of the major gloving suppliers, “gloving is actually a new way of dancing…when they see it, it blows their mind.”
Gloving has been picked up by music video directors, talent show recruits and even movie gigs. With this new exposure that gloving is receiving, Emazinglights and many other companies take advantage of the new craze and release new gloves to be competitive to other companies. Alas, the large issue remains that Gloving, even though an art form, is not …show more content…
The first winner of the ICG Gummy said that “when I put on these gloves it’s like my hand is the paint brush and my imagination is my canvas.” countless others feel the same way about gloving including myself. This has caused a more personal connection with the gloves and the light show. Also, has helped people treat things like ADHD, Depression, Anxiety and many other common disorders. This competition has caused many glovers who are passionate to bring new types of tricks and different moves that excite and bring to life a canvas. Many glovers want to prove that they are the best at gloving, also to learn these new moves that other glovers have thought of to incorporate into their light shows. These gloving competitions are always friendly environments that allow growth in all glovers. Gloving is more than that craze that happened in the 90s it has become an art form that is sweeping the globe! Gloving is not a crime! It’s an
These types of light shows started to grow with the aid of hallucinating drugs such as LSD or Ecstasy. In 2006, a light artist named Hermes put the lights into the gloves fingertips, this started a revolution in the way of dance and therapy. Hermes expressed in an interview with Emazinglights, who is one of the major gloving suppliers, “gloving is actually a new way of dancing…when they see it, it blows their mind.”
Gloving has been picked up by music video directors, talent show recruits and even movie gigs. With this new exposure that gloving is receiving, Emazinglights and many other companies take advantage of the new craze and release new gloves to be competitive to other companies. Alas, the large issue remains that Gloving, even though an art form, is not …show more content…
The first winner of the ICG Gummy said that “when I put on these gloves it’s like my hand is the paint brush and my imagination is my canvas.” countless others feel the same way about gloving including myself. This has caused a more personal connection with the gloves and the light show. Also, has helped people treat things like ADHD, Depression, Anxiety and many other common disorders. This competition has caused many glovers who are passionate to bring new types of tricks and different moves that excite and bring to life a canvas. Many glovers want to prove that they are the best at gloving, also to learn these new moves that other glovers have thought of to incorporate into their light shows. These gloving competitions are always friendly environments that allow growth in all glovers. Gloving is more than that craze that happened in the 90s it has become an art form that is sweeping the globe! Gloving is not a crime! It’s an