RESOLUTION LAMP
The word abstraction in art is a dangerous term since it is always relative to the viewer if it is an abstraction or not. The origin of the word is from Middle English and comes from the verb abstrahere, to ‘draw away’ from something. An abstraction in a sense is often dealing with
an idea rather than a visual representation.
The Resolution Lamp is about several life resolutions that the author wished would stay private even though they were being displayed in a public environment. This project plays with the effect of light on a certain surface and how, depending on the angle, information is retrieved or lost. It exaggerates the contrast between public and private information. Some of the words are coming out of the structure, but rarely is the entire resolution visible. It is playing with perception and the unknown. The audience imagines a lot of the information or is simply looking at the lamp's visual because it appeals to many to look at the empty spaces and letters, which are creating shapes of different levels of reading. This game of light refers to a practice called light drawing and therefore will always have a sort of abstraction in its representation of its visual and non-visual elements.
5 1/4 x 5 ¼ x 10 1/2", Cason Artist Sheet