Lisa Strata

A musical satire of gender roles based on classic plays by Aristophanes. Animation is accomplished by means of marionettes and wire figures posed for stop-motion effects.
My video work relies on digital photography for stop-motion effects and to prepare backgrounds inserted into a video frame using green screen; additionally, digital video and video editing are necessary to produce the final product. Without exception, my videos have a musical soundtrack, and that, too, I produce digitally with the use of composition software. When I was a boy in the 60s, Etch A Sketch, Spirograph, and the Kenner's Give-A-Show Projector were the advanced technology available, and I mention this because my aesthetic was forged in the play-like interaction between the artist and his "crayons." A hyper-attention to achieving the kind of detailed perfection computerized technology provides has practically no interest to me.My single concern is to assert the uniquely flawed consciousness behind the art.

Plus de Touchstone Gallery, since 1976

SWEET OLD WORLD: BIVALVE
5 x 10 x 10 in (h x w x d)
Aluminum, beeswax, soy wax, dye, stainless steel hemisphere, found auto part, LCD, hinge, micro controller.
Touchstone Gallery, since 1976
USD
3500.00
SWEET OLD WORLD : COCOON
9 x 8.5 x 7.5 in (h x w x d)
Aluminum, ceiling light fixture, LED matrix, lamp, wire, E-waste, hardware, fencepost finial.
Touchstone Gallery, since 1976
USD
3500.00
SWEET OLD WORLD: INSPECTION
13 x 11 x 18 in (h x w x d)
Teak, found TV light, aluminum, LEDs, magnet wire.
Touchstone Gallery, since 1976
USD
4500.00
SWEET OLD WORLD: GEODE
7.5 x 10 x 5 in (h x w x d)
Aluminum, found broken window glass, UV resin, LEDs, rhinestones.
Touchstone Gallery, since 1976
USD
4500.00
SWEET OLD WORLD: INTROSPECTION
15 x 17 x 10 in (h x w x d)
Teak, aluminum, stainless steel, sanitary fittings, milled aluminum, gearboxes, stepper motor.
Touchstone Gallery, since 1976
USD
6500.00