Lisa Walcott

Category: works

  • Installing "Vice Versa"

    I don’t have final footage/images of the Vice Versa installation at the Broad quite yet. I’m hoping to have this ready soon, but in the meantime, there are a few views from the installation time.

  • Making "Swarm" at the Broad

    I have a few snapshots of Swarm in progress. The whole piece needed to be built on site because of the fragility of the hanging parts. Most of the piece was built in the education wing between July 8-15, after which time it was carefully moved through the cafe to it’s final resting place for…

  • Still Life in Balance VI

    2 paper cups, eye lash, ketchup packet, birthday candle, rubberband, piece of straw wrapper, 2 kernels of popcorn, 4 grains of rice, crushed red pepper, honey, bottle cap, penny, sea salt, yellow string, mini marshmallow vs. piece of concrete, candle wick, match dipped in honey, mini marshmallow, duct tape, two rolled oats, napkin, windex, bagel…

  • Bubbling Wall

    gurgle pop

  • Trap Door

  • Balancing Broom Stick

    The bungee cord is coming down as I apparently love balancing, combining and opposing objects very much. I will get back to this, but for now I have an exhibition to prepare for and that means more than balancing wood. One last act before I move on.

  • Still Life in Balance IV

    sugar cubes, equal, sweet and low vs. a birthday card for a very special someone

  • Still Life in Balance III

    scotch tape, eyelash, pile of sea salt, spring clamp, ear plug, sugar cube, sponge vs. birthday card for a special someone, detergent cap, jar lid, packing peanut, wire whisk, stone, rice

  • Shaded

    A new piece is in the works including the rolling up and letting down of a window shade. At first, I was attempting a piece that startled or jolted as the quickly spinning window shade might. I’d like it to be motion sensored and just spin quickly and briefly. In the process of mocking it…

  • Still Life in Balance I

    The beginning of a new series called Still Life in Balance. An eight foot 2×3 board is hung from a single string and objects on both sides balance on the precarious surface. They are both dependent and in opposition to each other. In this first iteration it’s: pot lid, thread, two kernels of popcorn, light…

  • Forks, Home & Studio

    One major drawback, 2013 Flyswatter and fork Still life in balance II, 2013 Forks, wood, string, hook

  • Factory Square Fine Arts Festival

    In October, I went down to Cincinnati and showed in The Factory Square Fine Arts Festival’s kinetic container show along with Celene Hawkins, Leah H. Frankel, Mike Hoeting, fellow Cranbrook sculptor Alexandros Lindsay, Meg Mitchell, Phil Spangler, Thunder-Sky Inc., Steve Zieverink and UC’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. Also participating in the festival…

  • Receiver Fest

    I installed a piece in Charleston, SC for Receiver Fest-a time based media festival. More to come, but for now, here are some highlights. A detail of my installation “From Whence They Came”. 18×8 feet wood, water, soap, air, motors And the rest of the trip:

  • Plenum

    Plenum, 2010site specific installationstrings, paper pullstring tips, plastic buckets, water, ceiling tile, sprinkler, motors My installation for Art Prize 2010 in Grand Rapids was at West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology (WMCAT). It consisted of two separate, but related parts–thirty pullstrings extending down through removed drop ceiling tiles and a dripping sprinkler. The space…

  • Yawn

    Over 100 yawns captured in plastic bags.

  • Bubbles

  • On and On

    Installed at the Holland Area Arts Council June 3-August 1, 2010. On and On, 2010 strings, motors, pullstring tips

  • dis.place.ment at the UICA

    The Displacement Show at the UICA is up through early August! Check out my deflated installation!

  • Performance Footage

    This is a long video, but I finally finished editing the full footage of the performance I did last month.

  • To Cleanse

    More pictures from the performance…

  • Burden

    I’ve got all of these phrases running through my head about burdens and not being given more than you can handle. I burdened this tree more than it could handle or at least it must be close to the threshold. I was so excited about the formations that I didn’t fully consider the destruction to…

  • Still Sprinkling

    The piece is still in progress. I am currently worried about the tree branches which seem to be really struggling with the weight of the ice. In some places the icicles are getting close enough to the ground that I am hoping they will begin to support the burdened branches. The bush is also quite…

  • Sprinkling, Freezing and Crashing

    I could actually see the sprinkler with the lights from my studio and the metal shop behind it! Things are cracking and groaning under the weight of the ice and the sprinkler is still oscillating like it’s totally normal.

  • Sprinkling the Snow

    I’ve created my own ice storm within the snow storm we’re having. The sprinkler had been oscillating for about an hour an a half when these pictures were taken. It’s dark now, so I will have to wait until morning to see what has happened in the hour and a half afterward. Sisyphus’ plight once…

  • a piece a day (or so)

    Here’s my latest piece. No time to crit, must move forward! *I accidentally removed this video, but am keeping the post for the sake of record keeping. There was a little bit of urgency at this point before the thesis show! (2/12/11)

  • Performance

    I did a performance piece yesterday for a crit. The props/sculptures were originally created for a video (which I still plan to make), but a critique space opened up and I really wanted to get some of these things worked out. I ended up desaturating my entire studio in order to create a sort of…

  • Double Dutch

    This is a mock up for a piece that I have been trying to realize for months. For now the jump ropes are attached to the wall and the mechanism is being turned by a hand held drill. There are a few aesthetic things to figure out here, but I am pretty sure I will…

  • pink and pretty?

    This piece has transformed itself many times since it’s conception. It was going to be excerpts from “carefree” songs (such as those by Jack Johnson) with a torso-esque figure attached to the wall doing a shoulder dance. For awhile it was going to be powered by a tape player motor. I tried making an armature…

  • Tickle Torture

    That is not the official title of this work, I just needed to call it something so this is the working title. This piece which is 4x12x2.5″ consists of pepper, a feather, a wooden encasement with a motor inside. I was thinking about sensations when I made this piece. Tickling, sneezing, flitting…

  • Monstrous Stories

    I like the way Annette Messager relates to memory of childhood. The desires and fears of children are so untainted that they seem like they would give us clues into the nature of things–of us. I saw a Messager on my trip to the Art Institute of Chicago and really liked it in person more…