underglow...

this is the last project of winter term 09 for sculpture II... the purpose of this project was to incorporate some of the artists work that we've been reading in our book in our last project.... i decided to play off of dan flavin's work and how he uses neon lights in his projects...i chose to use green lights on the bottom of the cars because in dan's statement he said that the green light is so brilliant and bright that it almost looks white, which i thought was interesting.. i also thought that because the lights are not permanent and they will eventually burn out was interesting also because the work itself is presented as a monument of an eternal memory... i also chose to put mirrors on the bottom of the cars because it's interesting to see both perspectives of the top of the car and the bottom, also because the black light itself makes you see things differently and is also like an illusion itself the mirrors i thought add to that effect....