The Glowing Homeless, 2024-25, neon light, 73in x 14.5in x 10in, Church of Saint Eustache, Paris, France.
Invited by Rubis Mécénat, the neon sculpture The Glowing Homeless was displayed at The Church of Saint-Eustache from December 2024 - May 2025. To accompany this neon silhouette, I created a sound installation called Chants de La Pointe, for which I recorded the whispered, hummed, sung and whistled songs of the beneficiaries of the association La Pointe Saint-Eustache during collaborative workshops in December 2024. These sung testimonies reveal fragments of the life experience of the homeless men and women who agreed to take part in her project. This is the artist’s second project presented by Rubis Mécénat at the Saint-Eustache church, after the installation Silhouettes in 2012.
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The Glowing Homeless, 2021-22, neon light, 73in x 14.5in x 10in, Architekturmuseum der TU München, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, photo credit: Jakob Bahret
The Glowing Homeless, 2021-22, neon light, 73in x 14.5in x 10in, Architekturmuseum der TU München, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, photo credit: Jakob Bahret
The Glowing Homeless, 2021-22, neon light, 73in x 14.5in x 10in, Architekturmuseum der TU München, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, photo credit: Barbara Donaubauer
The Glowing Homeless, 2011, neon light, 73in x 14.5in x 10in
Public Art event organized by Bring to Light NYC (Nuit Blanche), in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The Glowing Homeless is a neon outline of a human form resting on a park bench. Representing the homeless person sound asleep amongst the park’s crowds, through a rendering of neon light, I created an alluring object for Bring to Light NYC. Through my implementation of attractive materials, I reversed the normal reaction of avoidance, and drew people towards the form on the bench.
The Glowing Homeless, 2011, neon light, 73in x 14.5in x 10in
The Glowing Homeless, (close-up), 2011, neon light, 73in x 14.5in x 10in