LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN (2024)

“Collage” is an art form where pieces of found photographs, magazines, clippings, or other media are glued together into a singular work. While it is possible to trace its origin to the advent of paper, collage became its own medium during early 1900s when Surrealist artists explored how cutting and joining different photographs or other printed materials led to dreamlike images that tapped into the subconscious of both the artist and viewer. Now with the ability to select, cut, and paste any digital media, collage has very much become synonymous to free association, yet it can be a powerful tool to communicate what is in one’s imagination when directed towards a specific content area or theme. Made from images cut from Michael Light’s 2003 book 100 SUNS, this collage brings together archived photographs from the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the U.S. National Archives to depict a scene from Lookout Mountain Air Force Station, where early atomic bomb experiments were witnessed firsthand. Many speculated these nuclear tests attracted the attention of non-human entities and led to their first visitations to our planet. Some even claim the government is in possession of film and photographs taken specifically from Lookout Mountain that document these and numerous other encounters. This collage is shipped matted and ready to be framed. 

Materials: Assembled book images 
Matted Dimensions: 23 1/2” x 29” 
Approximate Total Weight: 1.75 lbs.