NeonPin
Neon signs, pinball games, old toys, Vegas
Pinball: as a kid, I played game after game, but then the video game revolution seeped into my existence, altering my gaming experience, soon replacing the physical beauty of the pinball machine with an electronic glow that drew us all in. Today we walk by an unplugged video game and there is no draw, but when we walk by a pinball game and drop that quarter, we are living the experience, the artistry, the bells, music, voices. Even when a pinball game is unplugged, it is a gorgeous piece of art.
Neon: like a pinball game, neon is a visual experience. Unlike the LED screens today that tell us a story in moving images, neon was the movement running across a building facade, creating a logo. When an LED is off, there is black; when neon is off, you still have the movement, the color from the subsurface - there is evidence of its glory days.
Toys: you find old toys everywhere. Every adult has a memory of that toy they played with as a youth (some of us even have those old toys in a closet or on a shelf). A glimpse of a toy takes us back to our carefree days.
Vegas: an embrace of the new, with a nostalgia for the old.
This series has become a generational document of nostalgia - graphic, colorful, and bold.
Copyright © Heather Protz