The Medium is the Message
This hands-on neon workshop introduces the fundamentals of tube bending and illumination, serving as a starting point for exploring the aesthetic and conceptual possibilities of light in mixed-media art. Students will be encouraged to create experimental works that push beyond traditional signage, emphasizing the tension, contrast, and resonance between neon and other materials. Through this exploration, we will consider how meaning is shaped not just by what is said, but by the materials and methods used to say it.
Sarah Blood is a UK-born artist, curator, and educator whose work explores light, phenomenology, and material poetics. Her neon-based works use beauty, metaphor, and humour to reveal deeper social and political themes. She has been Associate Professor of Light in the Sculpture Dimensional Studies program at Alfred University, N.Y., since 2013.
