NEON NAPKIN NOTES

Neon Napkin Notes by Elysa D. Batista

Opening Reception: April 5th 6-9 pm.  Closing April 26, 2024

“Neon lights. Shimmering neon lights. And at the fall of night. This city’s made of lights”  Kraftwerk

Swampspace Gallery presents the premier of NEON NAPKIN NOTES by Elysa D Batista; a series of text-based installations made with neon signs that compel the viewers to maintain an optimistic outlook upon shared uncertainties about the global Covid-19 pandemic. 

Focused on contextualization coupled with the healing properties of spectral vibrations, Batista’s work references the visible illusionary history of neon art and semiotics. In these recent works she draws from a universal language of healing as chronicled by the Sackner Collection of Concrete Poetry. Batista furthers the exploration of incorporeal illuminations etched by fellows luminaries Keith Sonnier, James Terrell, Dan Flavin and Tracey Emin. With Neon Napkin Notes, Batista offers a moment of solace and reflection at a time of transformative equivocation.   

About the Artist

Born in Panama City, Panama. Batista received her BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Miami (2009) and her MFA from Parsons the New School of Design (2013). Batista is a mixed media artist who works with language, specifically the multiplicity of meaning according to different contexts. Her three-dimensional work explores personal experiences with dynamics in power structures and nationality, and is interpreted through the use of semiotics. 

About Swampspace: Swampspace was founded in 2008 in the Miami Design District as an alternative art space presenting varied cultural events for the novice and the seasoned art enthusiast.