Bill Culbert’s 2007 light art exhibit Pacific Flotsam uses illuminated plastic containers, fluorescent tubes, and electrical cable to express another side of light. Exhibited in 2007 at Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art, this mini-ocean of light sends its viewers adrift with a parade of glowing plastic containers and light tubes.
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The title of this work shines with two contradictory meanings. One with environmental associations that reflect upon the floating ocean pollution between Japan and California. The other, an engaging simple lesson regarding an artist’s interpretation of common objects displayed as light.
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The exhibit included a large room with black walls which reflected the bright glow of luminescence exhibited from the light display. The light art show took place at the Christchurch Art Gallery in New Zealand. Culbert’s brief description of the work was, “a portrait of a place – the lights of human habitation glowing in the darkness.”
Source: Becca Aiken
