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: RELIC
7.5 x 7.5 x 2.5 in (h x w x d)
Aluminum, interior of Blackberry handheld device, silver and steel, treated and found objects, light, mixed media.
Touchstone Gallery, since 1976
USD
3500.00
SWEET OLD WORLD: STATE OF PLAY
16 x 11 x 9 in (h x w x d)
Teak, sycamore root, clay, songbird egg and wing fragment, OLED display, lights.
Touchstone Gallery, since 1976
USD
3500.00
ONE SWEET WORLD: VESTIGES OF HOPE
26 x 21 x 14 in (h x w x d)
Teak, raven wing, dried garlic blossoms and paper tree bark, organic mixed media.
Touchstone Gallery, since 1976
USD
4500.00
ONE SWEET WORLD: CAUSES AND CONDITIONS
21 x 17 x 13 in (h x w x d)
Teak, hydrocal cast forms, dried agave, organic mixed media.
Touchstone Gallery, since 1976
USD
6500.00
Temporal Presence
40 x 216 in (h x w)
Augmented Reality Photograph and Digital Plotter Print
Touchstone Gallery, since 1976