{"id":45997,"date":"2022-11-18T09:58:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T14:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=45997"},"modified":"2022-11-18T09:58:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T14:58:56","slug":"luke-murphy-vs-moriko-mori-more-light-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2022\/11\/18\/luke-murphy-vs-moriko-mori-more-light-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"~LUKE MURPHY vs MORIKO MORI . . ‘MORE LIGHT !’ \/ CHART"},"content":{"rendered":"

the thing about ‘light’ . . .
\nis that, more than its myriad manifestations, infinite meanings & fabulous range of radiance \/
\nas well as: motion, fluidity, and don’t forget . . . shadows !!
\nis the fact that it both . . propels, informs & yet foils – the would-be photographer.
\nthis is <\/strong>a show – to view in person.<\/p>\n

‘MORE LIGHT !’ \/ CHART GALLERY, TRIBECA<\/a> . . . up thru JAN 7, 2023.<\/p>\n

case in point:<\/strong> LUKE MURPHY vs. MARIKO MORI. <\/strong><\/p>\n

I know Luke’s piece<\/strong>, ‘STARLIGHT, WARM AND COOL’, must twinkle, rumble, roam, flood, and flicker,
\nbecause I know his work very, very well \/ but, a still photo – leaves us confronting a big, big mystery as to how this piece is ‘programmed’, how it ‘plays’ out – on its computer coded animated matrix.
\neven a video clip – doesn’t truly capture the work, as the LED color fights the camera all the way.
\nthis is<\/strong> a world of condensed, animated, literal light – and, it doesn’t hold its breath for no one.<\/p>\n

“warm and cool” . . is a hint of the incandescent color burst journey.
\nso is . . ‘starlight’ \/
\nbut with its finite, straight mechanical borders \/ those real-world hard steel edges,
\nit’s more like a ‘slice of sky’ – than a . . cosmos.
\nmore a signal – than a planetary pulse. <\/p>\n

which compels the comparison – to Mariko Mori.
\nher work in a strange, curious way, is not<\/strong> animated – and yet it speaks to cosmic vision \/
\nbubbling up . . new baby planets ? cosmic plant life ?
\n“genesis” . . is surely a clue. <\/p>\n

so, do I mean: Luke Murphy \/ signals vs<\/strong> Mariko Mori \/ conception ?
\nall I know is, I see: YIN YANG.
\nstraight vs round.
\nthe animated LED light pulses of Luke’s work – are contained, both by their programmed matrix, and steel structure, even repeating – in a loop.
\nwhereas, the stationary composition of Mariko’s ‘painting’ \/ ironically conjures up: infinite motion. birth. and cosmos.
\nYIN YANG. as surely as the cat chases – its tail.<\/p>\n

if anything ‘cosmic’, is to be said about Luke’s work, his LED creation of ‘scripted’ light \/ resembles more a man-made, or another unknown ‘sentient’ . . . construction:
\nI’m thinking a huge, huge spinning spacecraft \/ angular and skinny, far far off in the deep deep sky.<\/p>\n

whereas Mariko is all femme: round, and organic . . as a pregnant belly.
\nwith a chaotic, infinite illusion \/ vision . . radiatng from the stationary painted surface . . <\/p>\n

Mariko’s piece feels more organic in nature \/ its light is . . plastic: opalescence.
\nan artist’s . . . skillful conjuring.
\na planet’s surface – close up & personal ?
\nthis painterly dome – ‘feels’ no more man-made \/ than a bubble on the surface of a pond.
\nthere is serenity here, but it feels deceptive to me.
\nin a word: bubble bubble \/ trouble trouble.
\nit feels so minute, and yet so vast – and it can burst in the very next frame.<\/p>\n

and, yet Luke’s ‘Starlight’ – also comes – home to us \/
\nLED deli signs, neon signs . . light up every major city \/ and metropolis.
\nas well as, stadiums, concert venues etc. etc. \/
\nprojecting text info, typefaces, and the intermediate abstract ‘patterns’ swirling, a visual necessity for the comprehension of the ‘message’ \/
\npulsing colored light to capture – your mind, and mind-set.<\/p>\n

look at the Luke Murphy LED DELI digital banner<\/strong>, ‘RESIST’ – that plays across the top of this page: and, blow it up – as big as your mind can imagine.
\nand, then take one<\/strong> minute . . to ponder how I<\/strong> can make colors light up, and patterns twirl, and words flow: words of action, no less !! that play across YOUR screen \/ via Luke’s technical magic \/ no matter where I am, and no matter where you are.<\/p>\n

I guess one could conclude that LIGHT – is as elusive as a poem, and moves with the power of a ‘song’.
\nas NASA keeps on showing us \/ and, as the Bible told us: it all comes down to . . colored, moving ‘light’. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nMARIKO MORI, ‘Genesis IV’, 2022.
\nUV cured pigment, dibond and aluminum \/ 63-1\/2 x 3 in.
\nedition of 5 plus 2AP
\nimage courtesy CHART GALLERY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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