Wild Clive [2014/15]
Wild Clive (2015) Lauren Edmonds 35 x 23.5 x 21cm, mixed media automaton An investigation into the state of the news media industry and a look at the current Australian political climate has led to the creation of these automaton objects. The premise behind these works is that the lies propagated, the accusations thrown, the showmanship […]
On the wing [2014]
On the wing (2014) 33x20x17cm, mixed media automaton An automaton made predominantly from foam core, cardboard and newspaper commenting on Australian news media’s role in circulating the myth of a federal debt crisis, an idea propagated by the Australian Liberal Party in order to sway the Australian public to vote in their favour. This automaton is […]
Confronting, Shirt-fronting [2014]
Confronting, shirt-fronting (2014) Lauren Edmonds 32x20x8cm, mixed media automaton This automaton is from a series that looks at the spectacularisation and aestheticisation of Australian politics in the media. Each automaton refers to specific media events or what I perceive as constructed ‘images’ surrounding political figures that are circulated by mass and social media. Through the mechanism that […]
Quarantine Manipulator [2014]
Quarantine Manipulator (2014) Quarantine Manipulator (2014) Interactive installation Quarantine Manipulator is an interactive installation exploring various ideas concerning the relationship between the masses and the manipulator and scientific knowledge, power and propaganda. The work plays on the aesthetics of a scientific ‘quarantine isolator,’ used by scientists to test and experiment with substances that might be […]
News Factory [2014]
News Factory (2014) Lauren Edmonds New media installation, 2 projections onto suspended object, 3:26 and 0:43 min News Factory addresses concerns regarding the news industry, particularly the manipulation of the masses through the distortion of information. It investigates underlying issues such as the implications of ‘commercial logic’, the infestation of PR content, the irony […]
Faux [2014]
Faux (2014) 76x58cm, pastel, conte, charcoal, ink on Stongehenge paper, $975 I got to like him more and fear him less now that…there’s nothing he can do to put me in power or not put me in power… Tony Blair (Sutherland .J, Murdoch, 2013) Investigating distortion in the news media, Faux looks up at media mogul […]
Murdocracy [2014]
Murdocracy (2014) at Jugglers Artspace Fortitude Valley, Brisbane In progress
Reaper [2014]
Reaper (2014) 58 x 76cm pastel, conte, charcoal, ink on paper
Bernays [2014]
Bernays (2014) 76x58cm, pastel, conte, charcoal, ink on Stonehenge paper, $950 A portrait of Edward Bernays (1891-1995) who coined the term ‘public relations’. In the 1920s he theorised that without an invisible ruling power that ‘manipulated the organised habits and opinions of the masses’, democracy would fail and irrational thought and animalistic forces would consume […]
Rupert [2013]
Rupert (2013) 58 x 76cm pastel, conte, charcoal, ink on paper Rupert (2013) in studio
The Masses [2013]
The Masses (2013) four 58 x 76cm drawings on paper, pastel, conte, charcoal
Behind the Lines [2013]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMyfj1MvSTY Behind the lines (2013) video 8:22 min The 2013 Australian Federal Election proved to be a display of media mogul, Rupert Murdoch’s power. During the election campaign we saw from Murdoch’s papers blatant bias attacking Kevin Rudd and the Labor government and obvious endorsement of Liberal Leader Tony Abbott to become the PM. I have […]
Hands [2013]
Hands (2013) 20 x 29cm (x6) digital prints and conte on Stonehenge paper Investigation into the body language of Rupert Murdoch in media photography.
Self Portrait [2013]
Self Portrait (2013) 30x25cm, ink, charcoal, pastel, conte on Stonehenge paper
Self Portrait [2013]
Self Portrait (2013) 30 x 23cm, ink, charcoal, pastel, conte on Stonehenge paper
A Mortal Self [2013]
A Mortal Self (2013) animation 30 sec (scanned drawings over photographs)
You know me… [2013]
You know me… (2013) 58x76cm, pastel, conte, charcoal, ink on Stongehenge paper, NFS
Face as Layers [2013]
Face as Layers (2013) 58x76cm, pastel, conte, charcoal, ink, collage on Stongehenge paper Now part of Immanuel Lutheran College art collection as of 2013.