Jell-O Architecture
Posted on October 20, 2007
Filed Under Architecture and Design, Art
Liz Hickok is a San Francisco based artist working in photography, video, sculpture, installation, and currently, Jell-O. The following photographs are from her exhibits featuring various San Francisco landscapes and Scottsdale, AZ Center of the Arts. The Jell-O sculptures decay quickly leaving only the photographs and a few videos to display her works of art. The following descriptions and some of the photographs are from Liz Hickok’s website. The other photos are from photographers who attended her exhibitions between 2004 and 2007.
San Francisco In Jell-O
Similar to making a movie set, Liz Hickok added backdrops, which were often painted, along with elements such as mountains or trees. The exhibit was dramatically lighted from the back or underneath.
Palace of the Fine Arts
Marina
Bay Bridge
Alamo Square
City Hall
Twin Peaks Neighborhood
Houses - Close Up
Landscape and City Photographs
Additional photographs courtesy of Ken Conolly, and Michael Huang
Scottsdale in Jell-O
The Scottsdale in Jell-O project, was an assembly of hundreds of miniature buildings made of Jell-O, lit from below, and put on display for viewers to see and smell. The pieces represented both the existing area around the Civic Center and the envisioned areas around the new Waterfront development on the Arizona Canal, with future development cast as clear buildings and trees.
Scottsdale Ball Park
Civic Center
Intersection of Camelback and Scottsdale Road, along the Canal
Center of Performing Arts
City Hall
Additional photographs courtesy of Gary Millard, and Naota
For additional information about Liz Hickock’s creations visit Mills College Exhibition 2005. If you want to "Watch it Wiggle" check out the videos on youtube.com: Earthquake or Tidalwave
For Your Reading Pleasure: Jell-O Fun Facts and Trivia
Courtesy of the Jell-O Museum
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During an airshow at the Woodward Airport, one of the contests involved having the pilot land the plane, run up to a table and eat a bowl of Jell-O and then run back to the plane and take off.
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The first four Jell-O flavors were orange, lemon, strawberry, and raspberry.
Lime was introduced in 1930. -
Fruits that float: fresh fruits such as apples, bananas, orange and grapefruit sections, sliced peaches and pears, strawberries, and fruit packed in light syrup.
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Fruits that sink: seedless grapes and fruits in heavy syrup such as apricots, cherries, fruit cocktail, peaches, pears, and pineapple.
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In 1909, the Genesee Pure Food Company posted sales earnings of over a million dollars. Four years later, that number doubled.
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Bill Cosby has been a spokesperson for Jell-O since 1974.
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January 6, 1925, Jell-O issued a patent for a sugarless gelatin dessert known as D-Zerta.
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March 17, 1993, technicians at St. Jerome hospital in Batavia test a bowl of lime Jell-O with an EEG machine and confirm the earlier testing by Dr. Adrian Upton that a bowl of wiggly Jell-O has waves identical to the brain waves of adult men and women.
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The people of Salt Lake City consume more lime-flavored gelatin than any other city in the United States.
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that is so very cool
What an amazing depiction of our resort town, Scottsdale Arizona!
Some of the Jello sculptures were right on the money… thanks for sharing.
Wow, that is really, really cool looking
There are pretty impressive, but I can’t help but wonder how much time they must have taken.
Now I have an uncontrollable urge to eat Jell-O. Damn you!
come on.. really?!? gone are the days where you actually have to work and make money.. This definitely took way too much time.. which leads me to ask, how do you accomplish basic things like, say, procuring food for yourself, bathing, etc?
All I can say is….WOW…that is just amazing!
cool, who would ever think of that but an artist, what a wonderful imagination U have, must have taken a lot of time and planning
This is not art… it is craft work; even with the addition of photography and pretty lights, it’s still craft work similar to making quilts.
Wow.. I have never seen ANYTHING even SIMILAR to that.
XD This jello thing is really creative. Very nice.
NICE!! cool site!
jelloy goodness, jelloy art
awesome
Pretty cool! I used to live in S.F., so that’s really neat to look at.
But what got me was Jell-O producing brain waves! (8th Fun Fact) That had me rolling for several minutes!
Thanks for giggle… or jiggle, as the case may be…
darnit, now i’m hungry.
Who has time to do this? Really?
Very impressive. If you think it, it can be done! Really amazing pictures.
beauty is in the eye of the spoon-holder
Your site is very impressive, I can not resist to ask you if you would be interested in my work.
To Whom it may concern.
My name is J. F. Bautista.
I would like to know the requirements and details that I need to meet in order to display my artwork in your organization.
Gallery01 is the main theme of Architectural work
I’m looking forward to hear from you
Sincerely
J. F. Bautista