As a cultural icon, the 1955 Shure Microphone can be said to symbolize ‘the golden years'.  In this work, the microphone housing contains a bright piercing light that casts a large shadow reminiscent of a metal mask or ribcage onto the wall. Periodically at random intervals, the light flickers like a bulb casting its last rays of light; it is the silent noise of social realities and the suppressed voice.
The glowing light and skeletal shadow cast by Triplight tell parallel stories of its time and mirror our own, beautifully revealing contradictions in the silent stutter of its unstable light.

The word 'triplight' refers to a trigger that sets off a state of alarm.   It also refers to "trip the light fantastic", a historical reference to a type of dance, and more recently a state of hallucination.

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