Laura Splan
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Posthumanities
Group Exhibition
"A Guided Sublimation (Movements)" at New Ear::Spatial
soundscape from limited edition vinyl box set in exhibition of spatial sound artworks by Laura Splan, Ivy Fu, Micah Silver...
2025
Group Exhibition
"Baroque Bodies (Ambient Portals)" in ArtPrize "Ripple Effects" Exhibition
exhibition at Resonant Gallery with artists Laura Splan, Shana Moulton, Sabrina Ratté, Virginia L. Montgomery, Nikita Diakur...
2025
Commission
"Cryptic Lineages" Performance Screening at Museum of the Moving Image
multimedia performance screening exploring the "ambient labor" of instrumentalized bodies through speculations on computational futures
2025
Artwork
"Cryptic Lineages"
ON VIEW (NYC)—AI-generated video and sound exploring how cultural constructions of the "natural" and the "individual" are shaped by the computational
2025
Solo Exhibition
"Hypertelic" in RYAN LEE Gallery's RL Window on the High Line
kaleidoscopic molecular animations featured on New York City's High Line
2025
Artwork
"Bloom"
immersive 360° installation with 16-channel spatial soundscape by Linda Dement and Laura Splan in collaboration with the Cardiovascular Regeneration Group at UTS
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
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
"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
Group Exhibition
"Doilies" in "Life Eternal: The Nobel Prize Museum at Liljevalchs"
exhibition exploring notions of eternity with Laura Splan, Anna Dumitriu, Andrea Galvani, Mark Dion, Rineke Dijkstra, William Kentridge...
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
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
Commission
"Disentanglement" and "Doilies" in "Triënnale Brugge"
interventions exploring theme of “trauma” for triennial with Laura Splan, Adrián Villar Rojas, Hans Op de Beeck, Henrique Oliveira, Héctor Zamora, Nnenna Okore...
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
Artwork
"Unraveling"
3D animations created with molecular visualization software and models of viral proteins
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
"Renatured"
archival pigment prints created with molecular models of coronavirus spike protein
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
Artwork
"Needle in a Haystack"
photographs from a biotech lab documenting mundane artifacts and poetic interfaces in biotech lab
2019
Artwork
"Suspended"
infinite video loop of cell suspension technique in biotech laboratory
2019
Artwork
"Tickling the Bonds"
screen-recorded molecular visualization software interaction with alpaca nanobody/ricin models
2019
Artwork
"Transformation Timer"
motorized wind chime sound sculpture with laboratory animal fiber and orphaned keys
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
Artwork
"Conformations"
tactile installation with fiber from laboratory alpacas and video performance of carding and spinning
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
Solo Exhibition
"Manifest" at NYU Langone Art Gallery
solo exhibition exploring embodiment, emotion and affect through biometric data driven artworks
2017
Artwork
"Material Expressions No. 2"
biometric performance with motorized sculpture and sound actuated by heartbeat of knitter
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
Group Exhibition
"Negligee (Serotonin)" in "TechNoBody" at Pelham Art Center
group exhibition exploring the mediated world's impact on and relationship to the physical body in our increasingly virtual realm
2015
Artwork
"Modular Systems"
collages made from hand-cut pieces of pseudoscientific magazine ads
2012
Artwork
"Qualitative Analysis"
videos that remix the scifi film “The Wasp Woman“ to explore notions of the mad scientist and unnatural transformation
2012
Artwork
"Spontaneous Narratives"
graphite drawings and computer generated soundscape created from spam email subject headings
2010
Artwork
"Negligee (Serotonin)"
computerized embroidery on sculpture made from remnant cosmetic facial peel
2009
Artwork
"Tongue Depressors & Cotton Swabs"
hand-crafted speculative sculptures with accompanying performance video
2002