Flickering Light: A History of Neon

By Christoph Ribbat

Book Overview

Neon signs exemplify the ambivalence of modernity. For some observers, these glowing tubes stand for crass commercialism and seedy back alleys, while for others they light the way to the very heart of popular culture. Energized by this tension, Flickering Light traces neon's technological, social and cultural history, from its beginnings in a late nineteenth-century London laboratory through its ubiquitous status in the world's urban landscapes to its blinking presence in our contemporary art spaces. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789145120
• ISBN13: 9781789145120
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.4"