Formula 1, 2023
Large format, made of cardboard, and once put into a test run finally put on video film, these are the main ingredients of Lee McDonald's works.
The 'Formula 1' is one of his last machines made of cardboard, straps, wood, balloons and tape. All that remains is to test it, after which the car will be refurbished.
Lee McDonald says the following about his work: “It is not enough that a moving device works. The turning of the parts is achieved with the help of a mechanism, but there must always be an unpredictable movement in the result. Otherwise it's just a machine doing its job. I can only discover that when I test the device.”
He compares it to movements that dancers make in relation to the music they hear: “I find it interesting, for example, to see people dancing who make non-obvious movements to the rhythm of the music.”