Flickering light : a history of neon /
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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English, translated from the German. |
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London :
Reaktion Books,
2013.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781780230917 (hbk.) 1780230915 (hbk.) |