August 30, 2006
Nuclear Sublime
as in..100 Suns and the Nuclear Sublime by Michael Light
015 Sugar, 1.2 Kilotons, Nevada, 1951, 2003, archival inkjet print, 20 x 16 inches @
RH: How have viewers responded to 100 SUNS?
ML: Quite a few people have told me they became sick, physically nauseated, after looking at about 20 images. Almost 50% have told me, with guilt on their faces, that they are shocked that they find the images beautiful. Maybe this combination of beauty and horror adds up to the nausea? I think it's part of navigating the precipices. Power is seductive and as long as nuclear weapons exist there is the possibility they will be used again.
interview: http://lightresearch.net/interviews/100suns1.html
more 100 SUNS (and LA) photos by Michael Light:
http://www.hosfeltgallery.com/HTML/artists/Big_MichaelLight/
Notes, Acknowledgments, Biblio
from a suggestion by Diederik
Posted by Stubbornson at August 30, 2006 07:20 PM