Lisa Walcott

Project Type: Kinetic

  • Maybe it’s supposed to

    Maybe it’s supposed to

    From a small hole in the wall (no bigger than one made by a nail or screw) soap bubbles sputter through. Almost unnoticeable, but showing potential in the unreachable spaces behind the wall.

  • 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…

  • My Pleasure

    My Pleasure

    My Pleasure is a site specific installation at Land of Tomorrow Gallery in Louisville, KY. Within an empty room with an old installed wooden floor, a brown paper bag extending from the wall expands and contracts creating a rhythmic crinkling sound. It mimics hyperventilation, but is also tender and fragile. At the same time, soap bubbles appear and collect around a hole in the floor; a miniature black object swings…

  • 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.

  • Double Dutch

    Double Dutch

    Double Dutch, 20104x10x5 feetsteel, plexi gears, drill motor, jump ropes and handles A large kinetic sculpture with two ten foot jump ropes spun egg beater style. Absence and presence are found in the spherical space defined by the spinning ropes as well as the vacant positions of play.

  • Bless You

    Bless You

    Bless You, 20094x10x3 inchesfeather, pepper, thread, motor, wood A small, white feather on the end of a string repetitiously tickling a pile of pepper reveals itself as absurd, provocative and humorous as it continues to dance around. It’s about sneezing, tickling and the fluttery passing of time.