Campfire for Idling

Do you seek rest on your journey? Do you seek to commune with fellow pilgrims, to glean wisdom from their travels?

This tabletop sculptural assemblage is made up of nine silkscreen-fused glass tiles mounted into a wooden base at angles to each other. They depict abstract blinkers and headlights, flicking upward on clear glass, densely layered to suggest the flames of a campfire. This piece also features internal lighting from base-mounted LED's shooting upward through the glass tiles, changing over time with animated effects.

Inspired by resting places on Sacred Pilgrimages, Garubba sought to make a work that suggested such rest utilizing imagery from the modern highway. In this case, blinkers and headlights offer the visuals and colors. Is there a modern, secular analog to such restful places to commune? Are highway rest stops missing an opportunity for communal gathering and meditative restoration? These questions fueled the creation of this work.