(...) Often these symbols are displayed in jarring, immersive environments of neon-bright lights, mirrored walls, and acid-hued structures. Da Corte’s Lightning installation is particularly affective as it references the hallucinatory sensation described in Arthur Rimbaud's prose poem A Season in Hell. The work features two plastic swans circling a splashing pool of pink water while balancing electric candles on their heads; a stuffed dog (resembling the one that found the murdered body of Nicole Brown Simpson) gliding around a circular track; and two mannequin arms passing through the facade of a pink house, behind which yellow tennis balls are scattered on a green carpet. All of these familiar objects staged in uncanny scenarios glow from the variously colored, square-shaped neon lights positioned above. (...)

https://landmarks.utexas.edu/video-art/alex-da-corte (02.08.2022)

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