Lisa Duroux's "Point Lacé" is an investigation into joints, ligaments, mechanics, and artificiality. Using recovered materials in combination with specific forms crafted in ceramics, Duroux constructs an articulation of a dislocated body; androgynous, disjointed, hard and soft at the same time. Working first from the found materials in her studio, Duroux's process is like that of creating a Frankenstein figure, where a tension and sensuality is felt from the meeting of materials like cords, leather, cables and ceramics and then the subsequent conception of a new anatomy. Parts of the body extend from the ceiling and finish into the floor: a hand over here, a sturdy, weight-bearing chest, a knee in the middle, a ligament over there. An equilibrium is reached through the anthropomorphism of electrical cords, straps, leather, copper pipe, and kneepads. The ropes and industrial straps evoke a laced-up and equipped Alpinist, moving fluidly up and down a mountain while the ceramics and kneepads reminds us that the body is fragile; care and caution are required to continue the physical exertion.

Additionally in this presentation, constructions extend in Duroux's textile-based works, where the artist has taken her background in fashion design and garment fabrication and abstracted this system of materials. Based on a simple collar-bone portion pattern of a shirt, these works transform the literal paper instructions of “how to correctly make” this form into another: a 3-dimensional object recalling the dynamism in constructivism and Dada movements using draped and layered fabrics, hooks and strings.

Another piece recalls an archeological survey and excavation, where Duroux has unearthed an industrial, found form and recreated it in different scales and materials. Borrowing codes from an historical museum exhibit of fossils and masks, this piece allows us to consider the confrontation of materials and the fetishization of display.

With a subtle color palate that also allows light to pass through the forms, Duroux's installation subverts the hardness of the industrial materials and asks us to question the articulation and mechanics of a present and (dis)connected body in space.