The Neon King of New Orleans(gardenandgun.com)
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The Neon King of New Orleans
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If you're on the other side of the pond, I recommend Warsaw's Neon Museum: https://www.neonmuzeum.org/english
It focuses on Cold War era (gently phrased, ie the Soviet occupation) neon signage, and they're rescued a huge number of small to gigantic signs that made up Poland's visual landscape.
But I most appreciate trying to keep a record, a visual interactive record, of something present in cities that I hadn't even realised was silently vanishing. My favorite coffee mug is from that museum with a picture of the Kino Kosmos logo -- more locally, the Kosmos cinema in Tallinn closed recently and I feel its loss too.
It focuses on Cold War era (gently phrased, ie the Soviet occupation) neon signage, and they're rescued a huge number of small to gigantic signs that made up Poland's visual landscape.
But I most appreciate trying to keep a record, a visual interactive record, of something present in cities that I hadn't even realised was silently vanishing. My favorite coffee mug is from that museum with a picture of the Kino Kosmos logo -- more locally, the Kosmos cinema in Tallinn closed recently and I feel its loss too.
If you happen to go to London, check Gods Own Junkyard: https://www.godsownjunkyard.co.uk/ for neon galore (and craft beer)
And https://www.neonworkshops.com/ of you're further north (Wakefield).
They even run courses in creating your own pieces.
They even run courses in creating your own pieces.
"Garden and Gun"? Is this a parody?
No.
The Boneyard in Las Vegas is also worth seeing. It was featured in one of the Danny DeVito scenes in Mars Attacks.