Research on Light Artist

What is Light?
---Simply a name for a range of electromagnetic radiation that can be detected by the human eye
---Brightness;illumination, often of a specific kind
(Source:Dictonary.com)

Marcus Tremonto, a New York based artist/designer, has a very urban, abstract style when working with light.  Within his "Are You Positive?" and "Make Me" exhibits, he plays with light and the concept of light in a very non traditional manner, making the viewer question what is real and what is not. He plays with simple objects of light as a window into an obscured view of the world.  His usage of material, light, and shadowing gives off a very playful and fun feel.

"I want the viewer to interact with what they are experiencing, either by movement or question this allowing the relationship to begin between them and the piece" - Marcus Tremonto
He does this through the objects he portrays and the usage of material, light, and shadowing thus giving his pieces an engaging playful and fun feel.

 Here is a piece from Tremonto's "Make Me" collection.  He uses electroluminescent paper which is paper thin flexible plastic that generates light from its own power supply of some form of electricity.  His pieces are 2-D working with paper and light in a cartoon like manner which illuminates areas of movement that draw the eye.   Through this illumination, we come to question the reality of the spill.

In Tremonto's "Are You Positive?" collection he also uses electroluminescent paper to represent light.  The light bulbs are represented in pixels and shadow play to challenge our assumption of reality and deception.  He is using traditional sources of light such as light bulbs, to go beyond the everyday and question our thoughts on reality in very 2-D forms of a 3-D world.


Marcus Tremonto's work is very similar to Cenci Goepel and Jens Wamecke's work in that, Tremonto takes objects of light such as light bulbs, and puts them in forms that make us question the reality of light where as, Goepel and Wamecke's work puts light in places where it usually does not play a role and plays with our reality of darkness.  They both play with abstract forms of light and darkness on common materials.

(Source: Yazter.com-Marcus Tremonto)