My creative work has been surrounded by ideas stemming from an instinctual need of protection while being combined with physical notions towards particular materials. 

In my recent past work, I have created soft, stuffed costumes for either my own body or ceramic animal-like forms. I see the soft forms as temporary shelters and containers that protect the ceramic body or my own. The transformation of wearing these voluptuous and surrounding forms is an act of safety while hinting at aggression. These soft forms for either my body or the ceramic animal protect, shield, and hide while also exposing a naked extension of myself.

My most recent work has focused on questions regarding ideas of being hidden and/or obscured. The body is often the primary medium or thing that is being alluded to in these works of video and installation.  Using moving images and composed sound, “The Lament of Too Much Looking,” deals with notions of private space within the video realm. This work acts as documentation of private performances of myself revelling in the play of 1000 feet of Styrofoam sheeting. A more recent work, “Waiting for Snow,” involves arctic camouflage and a slow progression of a yearning to disappear into nature.

I am currently working on soft, physical structures that are playful, yet are about holding or covering the body. One object I call an igloo, the other a net out of small figures. I want to create more of an architectural sense of space using these pieces while also considering them as parts of a larger sculpture and video installation.

                                                                                                               Talice Lee                                                                                                                                                   January 2006