The Substation/ Lauren Dunn/ Portrait of a cyborg/
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Addressing the flux of digital images, algorithms and the political context of image circulation Lauren’s recent body of work Portrait of a Cyborg manipulates appropriated images to consider the rapidly shifting dynamics between human and machine via recognised figures such as Kim Kardashian, Bryan Johnson and Elon Musk. Lauren’s work critically engages with contemporary politics and power relations, highlighting technological mediation and modification of the body to explore how technology and popular cultures drive our desires and impact our identities.
Lauren utilises installation based methods including images, sculpture, sound and video to negotiate our relationship to photography through a subversion of its codes and conventions. Their work navigates the political and ethical dilemmas of commodity culture, specifically how an excess of images experienced in our virtual and physical worlds might shape our consumer desires and aspirations. Research into trends such as Uber Eats, Balenciaga and luxury food consumption, for example, have formed the basis of works that critique moments of significant cultural shift, and the role that images play within these contexts.
Lauren is represented by Sarah Scout Presents Melbourne.
