Alicia Eggert’s artwork focuses on the relationship between language, image and time. Her work often moves, changes, deteriorates, and in some cases, even dies.
“Language is one of my primary sculptural materials. Words are like found objects – they are easily recognizable and accessible to anyone who speaks the same language and has the ability to read. But single words can have many definitions, so they can also possess great depth and complexity. “Eternity” uses the hour and minute hands of 30 electric clocks to spell the word “eternity” once every twelve hours. “NOW” uses motorized red line segments to create and destroy the word “now” about once every second. But just like time itself, they never quite come to a complete stop.” (Excerpt from grant proposal.)
Harpo Foundation is pleased to provide Ms. Eggert with a direct artist grant to assist her production and development of new work.
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- Do You Realize?, 2014. Office chair spins continuously at about 300 RPM, causing the chair to become a visual blur.
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- “Lost Gloves,” 2013 Found gloves mounted on metal rods animated to wave.
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- “All the Time,” 2012. Found clock altered to have twelve functioning hour hands, so it’s always all the time.
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- “Between Now and Then”, 2010. Custom-engraved corridor sign.
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- “Present Perfect,” 2013 A rock sits on the keyboard of an open laptop, causing the computer to infinitely type the letter Y in Microsoft Word.
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- “NOW,” 2012. Kinetic sculpture motorized to spell the word NOW approximately once every second.
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- “Pulse Machine,” 2012. Electromechanical sculpture programmed to have a human lifespan. The sculpture will “die” when the counter reaches zero.
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- “Eternity,” 2010. Thirty electric clocks spell the word ET ERNITY once every twelve hours.
