Laura Splan
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Entanglement, Complexity
Group Exhibition
ON VIEW (ITALY): "The Foragers" at Fortezza di Mont'Alfonso
robotically carved marble sculpture exploring molecular "microdramas" among fungal worlds and built environments
2026
Artwork
The Foragers
robotically carved and hand-finished marble sculpture with molecular forms exploring interconnectedness at micro and macro scales
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
interactive immersive installation exploring entanglements at micro and macro scales using visitor movements and social interactions
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
IN STOCK (NYC, US): "A Guided Sublimation: Portals" in the New Museum Shop
limited edition artist book with poetic text and kaleidoscopic images
2024
Commission
"A Guided Sublimation" at Vanderbilt Museum Planetarium
immersive planetarium experience with molecular animations, spatial sound, scent, and custom star projections
2023
Group Exhibition
Tangible Variations in "Seeing the Unseen" at Wignall Museum
group exhibition that examines the intersections of science and art through contemporary art practice
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
private preview of immersive installation presenting animation and sound work in progress from "Sticky Settings" collaboration
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"
exploring the "tactical tactile" through intuitive engagement with woven scientific visualizations of complex molecular interactions
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
data-driven molecular animation commissioned for International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) at Santa Mònica Arts Centre
2022
Solo Exhibition
"Rhapsody for an Expanded Biotechnological Apparatus" at the Tang
immersive haptic sound installation with tactile rug made from laboratory animal fiber
2021
Group Exhibition
"Syndemic Sublime" at Pioneer Works
installation with animations & networked sculpture exploring interconnected systems in the biotechnological landscape
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 3-channel synchronous animation of 3D models (coronavirus, human cells, non-human antibodies) created using 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
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 that houses animals who produce biological products for human drugs
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