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Richard Wilks

Los Angeles, California, United States

Richard Wilks is a Los Angeles artist and designer who makes physically interactive sculptures from metal and reclaimed plastic. His practice includes building tools and processes to turn discarded material into new sculptural components. Liquid Forest consists of three jellyfish-like forms that visitors can spin, combining recycled-plastic strands, light and zoetrope effects. The project page identifies a 2023 Burning Man Honoraria award and credits custom hardware and show lighting to Rina Shkrabova, alongside fabrication and installation volunteers. Aquatrope explores a related environmental theme through a mobile, pedal-assisted artwork carrying eight image discs about water. These distinct projects connect bodily participation with ecological subjects. The descriptions document the artist’s design and fabrication approach; they do not confirm current operating condition, permits or availability for a new venue.

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Practice
kinetic sculpture, recycled-plastic sculpture, light installation, mobile sculpture
Based in
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Richard Wilks is based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Documented disciplines include kinetic sculpture, recycled-plastic sculpture, light installation, mobile sculpture.

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