Graduate Studies

Interdisciplinary Master's in Art, Media and Design (MA, MDes and MFA)

Elizabeth Lopez

Spinning through Life - the Plate

Allegorical markings of our lives as we start fast, travel through life,veer in different directions, and eventually stop moving. Metal tops spin in durational performances, leaving trace of the experience, or the accumulation of days.

“In experimentation with traces, especially for even larger tops, I started using steel plates, another material that is basic – processed, yet almost raw material arising from the earth. Laying them on the floor provides a hard surface that is inscribed by the journeys. The residual marks seem to reference cosmic configurations and mathematical models of black holes and deep space. ”