THE RED BOX
A collaboration by Olivia Lennon and Jan van Schaik
Maquettes
Figure 1. Concept Drawing
Three human-size maquettes reflecting on spatial orientation, architectural form, and the personality and secret lives of objects.
The works are a concptual translation of the site installation and the characters of the performance into object form.
The concept of the collaborative part of the process is described by Figure 1.
Figure 2 is a room sheet showing where the obects are located withn the space.
Works dated 2024 are components installed in 2024, and are now a permanent part of the L’Escaut project space.
Works, dated 2025 are those made for the April 2025 exhibition. Both iterations of the installation include in-process works that were produced while making the works, and appear un-annoated in a number of the photographs.
Figure 2. Room Sheet
Key
1.
Ellipsys and Mire, 2025
141cm long x 71cm wide x 117cm high
Acrylic on a plaster, polyurethane, and waffle board substrate.
2.
Moisey and Pompopon, 2025
90cm long x 75cm wide x 190cm high
Acrylic on a plaster, polyurethane, and waffle board substrate.
3.
Rabbler and Cur, 2025
153cm long x 101cm wide x 192cm high
Acrylic on a plywood, lumber, plaster, polyurethane, and waffle board substrate.
4.
Curtain, 2025
300cm long x 10cm wide
Polypropylene
5.
Saturn’s Ear West, 2024
226cm long x 15cm wide x 150cm high
Acrylic, plywood.
6.
Saturn’s Ear East, 2024
226cm long x 15cm wide x 150cm high
Acrylic, plywood.
7.
Sur-beam, 2024
1240cm long x 35cm wide x 51cm high
Acrylic, plywood, polyurethane, plaster.
8.
Seated vault, 2024
1500cm long x 122cm wide x 76cm high
Acrylic and plywood on a lumber substrate.
9.
Floored ceiling, 2024
750cm long x 230cm wide x 5cm high
Charcoal and plywood on a lumber substrate.
10.
Pull-pit, 2024
80cm long x 80cm wide x 146cm high
Galvanised steel, acrylic, and plywood on a lumber substrate.
11.
Mirror of the Wall, 2024
230cm long x 170cm wide x 240cm high
Acrylic on a plasterboard and lumber substrate.
Rabbler and Cur in context
Moisey and Pompopon, Ellipsys and Mire, and Rabbler and Cur
Moisey and Pompopon
Moisey and Pompopon and Rabbler and Cur in context
Rabbler and Cur
Ellipsys and Mire in context
Rabbler and Cur
Rabbler and Cur
Ellipsys and Mire