Laura Splan
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Trauma
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
Writing
Host: Reflections on Disease, Domesticity, and Decorum
short story about long silences in the emergence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
2022
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
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
"Termination Sequences"
remote sound collaborations with biotech workers and scientists rematerializing the coronavirus mRNA sequence
2020
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
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
"Entropy"
graphite drawing on watercolor paper
2011
Artwork
"Unrestricted Diffusion"
watercolor paintings with blood
2010
Artwork
"Handkerchief (Anatomy of Tears)"
computerized embroidery on remnant cosmetic facial peel with tear duct anatomy as decorative motif
2009
Artwork
"Wallpaper" & "Negligee" in "Manufractured" at Museum of Contemporary Craft
blood wallpaper and facial peel sculpture in exhibition with Laura Splan, Sonya Clark, Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir, Marcel Wanders, Devorah Sperber...
2008
Artwork
"Gravity"
paintings with blood on watercolor paper
2008
Artwork
"Incomplete Retrieval"
drawings of lace rendered in blood on watercolor paper
2007
Artwork
"X-Ray Visions & Morphine Dreams"
photographic light boxes with digitally composited X-rays created from found images
2005
Artwork
"Disbursement & Accumulation"
video loop of blood dripping in water
2004
Artwork
"Trepidation"
video exploring visceral abstraction through symmetry and blood
2004
Artwork
"Wallpaper/Samples"
wallpaper samples hand-painted with blood
2003
Artwork
"Thought Patterns"
drawings of neuroanatomical structures rendered in blood
2003
Artwork
"Virus"
watercolor paintings of viruses rendered in blood on paper
2003
Artwork
"Blood Scarf"
photographs of speculative medical apparatus hand-knit into intravenous scarf from clear vinyl tubing
2002
Artwork
"Exam Gown"
hand-knit textiles sculpture with large-scale photographic portraits that reimagines the institutional hospital gown
2002