"Light is nevertheless technological energy in the making, if it is to be controlled by electric light, it is dressed up where fire is uncontrollable and naked. Light is a comprehensible representation of the human mind, whereas flame is incomprehensible and hence difficult to represent. So the decision to use neon represents the possibility of mental control." - Mario Merz
The below works interestingly all have text as content, while using light as medium. Observe the possible metaphors about the process of communication, comprehension and absorption (think: the process of illuminating words).
The below works interestingly all have text as content, while using light as medium. Observe the possible metaphors about the process of communication, comprehension and absorption (think: the process of illuminating words).
Joseph Kosuth, Five Words in Blue Neon (1965)
Mario Merz, Giap's Igloo (1969)
Bruce Nauman, The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths (1967)
