Blind Date With A Book: »Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht / Light Art from Artificial Light«

Blind Date with a Book | Book presentation


With over seven hundred color illustrations of works by all of
the important light artists – a new standard work on the subject.


More than almost any other medium, electric light has
revolutionized and democratized our world. Today we live in
cities and gardens of light, and for almost a century, artists
have been working with light bulbs, fluorescent and neon light,
glowing LEDs, and powerful spotlights. This comprehensive
publication offers a broad overview of the development of this
genre, from the pioneers of light art in the 1920s and the
immersing and interactive environments of ZERO, GRAV, Gruppo T,
and Gruppo N, to the early light artists from Europe and North
and South America. Outstanding contemporary productions – with
their profound illuminated spheres, ironic cross-references, and
fascinating plays of filigreed light – complete this glowing
spectrum of explorations of artificial light.