Laura Splan
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Poetics, Metaphor
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
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
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
Artwork
"Termination Sequences"
remote sound collaborations with biotech workers and scientists rematerializing the coronavirus mRNA sequence
2020
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
Artwork
"Sit Around and Wait"
neon sign exploring uncertainty and anticipation with quote from scientist waiting for laboratory experiment
2019
Artwork
"Boundary"
entryway with hand-spun laboratory llama fiber and text excerpt using immigration metaphor to explain biology
2019
Group Exhibition
"Blank Stare" and "Doilies" in "The World Unseen: Intersections of Art and Science" at CDC Museum
artworks rematerializing the invisible included in exhibition exploring intersections of art and science
2019
Artwork
"Blank Stare"
laser etchings on paper with data-driven patterns generated from biometric measurements of attention level
2016
Artwork
"Material Expressions No. 2"
biometric performance with motorized sculpture and sound actuated by heartbeat of knitter
2016
Artwork
"Metronome"
biometric performance collaboration with heart rate data-driven sound by Hari Stojan and visuals by Iulia Miruna Radu
2016
Artwork
"Material Expressions No. 1"
biometric performance sculpture with motorized music box actuated by electromyography (EMG) data from bicep
2016
Writing
Manifest: The Role of Science in the Studio
essay on research-based studio practice at the intersections of art and science for "Art Practical: Art, Science & Wonder"
2015
Artwork
"Measured Gestures"
collages assembled from hand-cut pieces of pseudoscientific and aspirational adspeak in magazine ads
2015
Commission
"Host" in "Re/Presenting HIV/AIDS" at Van/Every Smith Gallery
installation in exhibition with Laura Splan, Keith Haring, Frank Moore, Robert Farber, Mike Hoolboom, Frederick Weston...
2014
Artwork
"Spontaneous Narratives"
graphite drawings and computer generated soundscape created from spam email subject headings
2010
Artwork
"Exquisite Corpse"
website with live generative text animation using adspeak language culled from real beauty products
2009
Artwork
"Subcutaneous"
hand embroidery of text on remnant cosmetic facial skin peel
2009
Artwork
"Negligee (Slipping Into the Skin of Another)"
computerized embroidery on sculpture made from remnant cosmetic facial peel
2009
Artwork
"Fan (Anatomy of the Gaze)"
computerized embroidery on remnant cosmetic facial peel with retina anatomy as decorative motif
2009
Artwork
"Handkerchief (Anatomy of Tears)"
computerized embroidery on remnant cosmetic facial peel with tear duct anatomy as decorative motif
2009
Commission
"Doilies" and "Trousseau" in "Re/Formations" at Van Every/Smith Galleries
textile sculptures in exhibition with Laura Splan, Rebecca Horn, Nancy Fried, Harriet Sanderson, Judith Scott...
2009
Artwork
"Incomplete Retrieval"
drawings of lace rendered in blood on watercolor paper
2007
Artwork
"Elaborative Encoding"
drawing of lace rendered in blood
2007
Artwork
"X-Ray Visions & Morphine Dreams"
photographic light boxes with digitally composited X-rays created from found images
2005