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 Landscapes by Liz Hickok If the graphic isn’t enough to entice you (that’s what got my interest sparked) then maybe you need to see the video of one artist’s creative vision of what the San Francisco landscape would look like if it were made entirely from Jell-O. “When lit properly, the molded shapes that make up the city blur into a jewel-like mosaic of luminous color, volume, and light,” says artist Liz Hickok of her work, San Francisco in Jell-O. “However, I’ve discovered that the gelatinous material also evokes uncanny parallels with the geological qualities of the real San Francisco. While the translucent beauty of these compositions is what first attracts the viewer, their fragility quickly becomes a metaphor for the transitory nature of human artifacts.” OK, so it’s a little bizarre, but isn’t that what art is about? Something unique and novel that generates so much curiosity, you’re lured into taking a second look?  To produce the landscapes, I start by fabricating scale models of the architectural elements—like the Transamerica Pyramid or the Palace of Fine Arts—out of balsa wood or foam core. I then make molds from those models, which I use to cast the buildings. My process resembles constructing a movie set, or building a sculptural installation: I add hand-painted backdrops and elements like mountains and model trees, or even dry ice to simulate fog. Finally, I light the scenes dramatically from below. Each area of the city is a different Jell-O sculpture. I make some of the neighborhoods into videos, such as Telegraph Hill shaking in an earthquake, or the Marina District washing away in a Jell-O tidal wave.
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