Lisa Walcott

Project Tag: A Bit Over the Top

  • The Kitchen Table Series

    The Kitchen Table Series

    Each drawing is created while sitting at a table for an extended period of time and translating visual elements of the space, sounds heard, temperature felt and figments as intuitive marks on the page. There are things piling up and being put away, food, drains, faucets, vents, rhythms, hums, taps and twitches that find their…

  • Sheesh

    Sheesh

    Sheesh, 2013aerosol can, cardboard box, water, container, wood, tubing, motors

  • Everything’s different when it’s over

    Everything’s different when it’s over

    Everything’s different when it’s over, 2013dimensions variablefloor lamp, wood, thread, black wax, wire, sinkers, motor A mechanized mobile creates an erratic circuit for a small piece of hanging black wax resembling that of a pesky housefly. The fly “buzzes” above a floor lamp that is leaning against the wall (neither fallen nor standing). The piece…

  • Hot Pants

    Hot Pants

    Hot Pants, 2013table base, motor, wood, white table cloth

  • Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge or Vice Versa

    Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge or Vice Versa

    Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge or Vice Versa, 2011motor, string, rubber ball A red, rubber ball attached to an elastic string extends up to the rafters where a spinning mechanical arm continuously yanks the string upward. The ball bounces on the floor in a bored manner producing a monotonous tapping in the space.

  • Dunnit

    Dunnit

    Dunnit, 201112x10x7 incheskitchen knife, fly swatter A still sculpture with dynamic thrust.

  • Threshold

    Threshold

    A doorknob rotates occasionally pushing away from the wooden surface. The planks are simply leaning against the wall in a haphazard manner making the subtle, constant motion of the doorknob quite uncanny.

  • On and On

    On and On

    A pull-string bounces over and over as if being tugged on and off. The simple pull string references attics, basements, luminescence and progress opening up the ideas around and relationship with this simple utilitarian object.