X-ray Visions and Morphine Dreams
(Slipcover, Pillow Shams, Tablecloth)
2005
Lightboxes with Duratrans Light Jet print mounted on acrylic
24.5"H x 24.5"W

Each photograph is a digital collage created with found images of x-rays from the web and medical books.   Bones and intestines form the structure of various domestic objects.   The title of the piece was inspired by the story of Bertha Roentgen (wife of William Conrad Roentgen, the inventor of x-rays).   Bertha was thought to be a hypochondriac and in the last years of her life her husband gave her multiple daily injections of morphine to deal with her reportedly psychosomatic illnesses.

Installation Views:
Richmond Art Center

Broadcasts:
Spark: Artist in Search of a Medium, March 2nd and 4th, KQED Channel 9, San Francisco, CA

Reviews:
Goe, Tara, "The Inside-Out Art of Laura Splan", Kitchen Sink, Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2006, pp.71-75