Laura Splan
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Group Exhibition
"The Foragers" at Fortezza di Mont'Alfonso (ITALY)
robotically carved marble sculptures by Laura Splan, Auriea Harvey, Phillip K. Smith III, Carla Gannis, Ashley Zelinskie...
2026
Artwork
"The Foragers"
NEW WORK: robotically carved marble sculpture exploring molecular "microdramas" among fungal worlds and built environments
2026
Artwork
"A Guided Sublimation (Movements)"
limited edition box set with double vinyl LP and chromogenic print portfolio
2025
Commission
"Baroque Bodies (Sway)" in Getty PST
immersive interactive installation exploring social and biological interconnectedness through emergent visitor behavior
2024
Multimedia Performance
"A Guided Sublimation (Encode/Exhale)" at MoMA for Biodesign Summit
special morning performance screening of "A Guided Sublimation" for the Biodesign Summit at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
2024
Solo Exhibition
"Metafrictions" Preview at Onassis ONX
work in progress preview of extended reality collaborations presented by NEW INC and EY Metaverse Lab
2024
Artwork
"A Guided Sublimation: Portals" in the New Museum Store (NYC)
AT THE NEW MUSEUM: artist book with meditative text and kaleidoscopic images exploring epigenetic connections across micro and macro scales
2024
Commission
"A Guided Sublimation" at Vanderbilt Museum Planetarium
immersive planetarium experience with molecular animations, spatial sound, scent, and custom star projections exploring magnitudes of interconnectedness
2023
Group Exhibition
"Tangible Variations" in "Seeing the Unseen" at Wignall Museum
exhibition examining intersections of science & art with Laura Splan, Catherine Chalmers, David S. Goodsell, Elizabeth Hénaff...
2023
Writing
Syndemic Sublime: Rematerializing the Expanded Biotechnological Apparatus in the Age of Remote Intimacy and Immediate Precarity
essay and artist talk written for "Possibles", the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA)
2023
Artwork
"Metafrictions"
research collaboration and work in progress for NEW INC Artist Residency at EY exploring extended reality technologies (XR/VR/AR)
2023
Solo Exhibition
"Sticky Settings" Preview at UTS
immersive 360° installation with molecular animation and data-driven spatial sound
2022
Artwork
"Baroque Bodies (Ambient Portals)"
3D animations with molecular models and AI-generated images, accompanied by sonifications of scientific visualizations
2022
Artwork
"Baroque Bodies (Configurations)"
data-driven 3D animation and sound exploring ecological entanglements connecting environment and gene expression
2022
Artwork
"Tangible Variations"
woven molecular visualizations exploring the "tactical tactile" through intuitive material engagement with complexity
2022
Group Exhibition
"Syndemic Sublime" in "Currents" at Center For Contemporary Arts
data-driven molecular animations using COVID data featured in new media art exhibition
2022
Commission
"Syndemic Sublime" in "La irrupció" at Santa Mònica for ISEA
electronic art exhibition with Laura Splan, Lauren Lee McCarthy, Sofia Crespo, Marina Núñez, Robertina Šebjanič, Nick Montfort...
2022
Solo Exhibition
"Rhapsody for an Expanded Biotechnological Apparatus" at the Tang
immersive haptic sound installation with tactile rug made from laboratory animal fiber exploring remote sensing
2021
Group Exhibition
"Syndemic Sublime" at Pioneer Works
installation for Second Sundays with Laura Splan, Tin & Ed, Lauren Lee McCarthy, Alexandra Bell, Lizzi Bougatsos...
2021
Group Exhibition
"Unraveling" in "NORMAL" for Art in Odd Places
molecular animations projected onto the Museum of Illusions for street festival
2021
Artwork
"Syndemic Sublime"
generative 3D animations using COVID death data to disrupt amino acid residues on intertwined human and non-human proteins
2021
Artwork
"Disentanglement"
triptych sculpture with synchronous animation of 3D molecular models of the coronavirus, human cells, and non-human antibodies
2021
Solo Exhibition
"Entangled Entities" at The New Gallery
installation with sensory experiences exploring interspecies entanglement through networked devices and tactile sculpture
2021
Group Exhibition
"Unraveling Together" in "Unbounded Unleashed Unforgiving" on New Art City
video with AI transcription of remote textiles collaboration included in virtual exhibition reexamining cyberfeminism
2021
Artwork
"Unraveling II"
synchronous molecular animation triptych created with coronavirus, llama nanobody protein models
2021
Group Exhibition
"Pandemic Panorama" in "The Archive to Come" at Telematic Media Arts
animations included in exhibition reimagining the digital archive in the face of a global pandemic & social justice movement
2020
Solo Exhibition
"Unraveling" at BioBAT Art Space
immersive installation with molecular animations and soundscape exploring remote intimacies
2020
Artwork
"Unraveling Together"
participatory textiles collaboration with recorded Zoom performances and hand-made weavings
2020
Artwork
"Denatured"
animations created with screen recordings of software performances using molecular visualization software
2020
Artwork
"Termination Sequences"
remote sound collaborations with biotech workers and scientists rematerializing the coronavirus mRNA sequence
2020
Artwork
"Lumen" and "Chaperone"
participatory haptic sound and textiles sculpture with rug made from hand-spun laboratory animal fiber
2019
Artwork
"Contested Territories"
networked laboratory mixers containing llama feces activated by Twitter activity relating to the contested status of science
2019
Artwork
"Remote Entanglements"
fan networked to wind data at vivarium housing animals who produce pharmaceutical products exploring embodiment
2019
Artwork
"Needle in a Haystack" Book
artist book with photographs from a biotech lab documenting mundane artifacts and poetic encounters in biotech laboratory
2019
Solo Exhibition
"Conformations" at Esther Klein Gallery
multimedia installation exploring hidden systems and invisible labor in the expanded biotechnological landscape
2019
Artwork
"Boundary"
entryway with hand-spun laboratory llama fiber and text excerpt using immigration metaphor to explain biology
2019
Artwork
"Material Expressions No. 2"
biometric performance with motorized sculpture and sound actuated by heartbeat of knitter
2016
Artwork
"Material Expressions No. 1"
biometric performance sculpture with motorized music box actuated by electromyography (EMG) data from bicep
2016
Artwork
"autologousReflection"
participatory sculpture with computer generated animation and text
2015