Laura Splan

Image Credit: Photo courtesy of Laura Splan; Image by Danielle Ezzo

Laura Splan is a transdisciplinary artist expanding intersections of “Science, Technology, and Culture.” She creates conceptually layered and technically crafted work, exploring the biological sublime while unraveling its entanglements with infrastructure. Her work embodies biomedical artifacts through sensory encounters that amplify tactility, light, and sound. Often incorporating raw biodata or her own tissue, Splan’s interpolations shuttle between technological and organic systems, constructing an integrated posthuman landscape through translational acts.

Her research-based multimedia practice and scientific collaborations allow audiences to engage with complex science through familiar entrances–wallpaper, muscular pulses, doilies and household appliances are among many. Companion lectures and workshops unpack postanthropocentric themes while providing insight into the laboratory techniques, specialized software, and textile methods applied in her work.

Her work has been presented at the Museum of Arts & Design, Pioneer Works, and New York Hall of Science and is held in the collections of the Thoma Art Foundation, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, NYU’s Langone Art Collection, and the Berkeley Art Museum. For her presentation in Future Tense and Black Box residency project, Laura Splan is developing a sensory encounter alongside collaborators Adam Lamson, Danielle McPhatter and Hannah Lui Park. Her previous work with Adam Lamson can be viewed here: https://www.stickysettings.com/; Laura’s greater practice can be viewed here: https://www.laurasplan.com/.