Lisa Marie Ludwig

http://lisamarieludwig.com

@lisamarieludwig

Lisa Marie Ludwig incorporates found objects, reclaimed and recycled materials, collage, video, light, and sound to produce installations that operate within the traditions of Outsider and Participatory Art. In her work, she strives to connect humankind to human kindness. 

Using found objects and discarded cardboard, she makes the faces of buildings. These cardboard relief facades are a documentation or record of buildings in her neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She wants to pay tribute to a time and place that is disappearing. The "Facade" project is a multimedia installation work that can also be individual views of buildings which have been demolished. 

She uses the architecture of the buildings and takes liberties with their forms to create a unique, personal vision. 

Many cities and towns are under construction. Gentrification is becoming the norm in urban communities. Ludwig wants to provoke conversations around saving neighborhoods and their diversity. She documents many of the artists residences, studios, art galleries, and hang out spots that are now gone, replaced by expensive, luxury condos. 

She has created over 100 facades so far, and there are still many more she hopes to create. This action of recording has helped Ludwig educate herself on community efforts against gentrification, as well as let go of her anger and sadness through this expression. This work is as much about urban planning as it is about living in continual change; as much about the past as it is the future.