Over a period of about four years in the 1960s, Tom Lloyd created electronic light sculptures that drew inspiration from New York City’s flashing lights. Narokan is one of the earliest sculptures from this body of work. The sculptures use both everyday objects, such as Christmas light bulbs and plastic Buick back-up light covers, and industrial materials provided by engineers at Radio Corporation of America (RCA). A community activist as well as an artist, Lloyd later went on to actively participate in the Art Workers’ Coalition, founded in 1969, and establish the Store Front Museum in Jamaica, Queens, in 1971.