(...) The concrete block, tampered plastic, iron scaffolding of Rackowe’s sculptures – the mass-manufactured products of the Modernism - illuminated with the strips of lights prompt a collective experience of urban life for the viewers. Talking about the conspicuous presence of lights in his works, in an interview with STIR, Rackowe says, “I am drawn to how artificial light transforms and softens hard urban landscapes, and I feel that these transcendental moments of beauty are what often allows us to see through the grit and hard edges of the spaces we move through. The materials I use are individually recognisable and are often the kind of matter you would ignore or overlook in day-to-day life. I transform how they are perceived using light and structure, forcing a re-looking, and untimely rediscovering of our own spaces.” (...)
The Consequence of Light
