Author: Lauren Edmonds

Lauren Edmonds (b. 1993) is a multimedia artist based in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland.Their practice spans painting, drawing, animation, installation, and object-making, often blending handmade elements with technology.Their work explores socio-political themes through both commentary and quiet reflection, prompting conversation around media influence, activism, social agency, and the complexities of contemporary life. Edmonds holds a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours, 2015) and was the recipient of the Environmental Art Award at the 2024 Queensland Regional Art Awards, presented by Flying Arts Alliance. Their interactive artwork I dun good (2015) was selected for the Experimenta Make Sense: International Triennial of Media Art (2017–2021), and they have received multiple awards for new media, animation, and drawing, including the Sunshine Coast Art Prize New Media Awards in 2014 and 2015.

They liked the onion [2015]

They liked the onion (2015) 28.5 x16x17cm, 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. The work […]

Wild Clive [2014/15]

Wild Clive (2015) 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 […]

Confronting, Shirt-fronting [2014]

Confronting, shirt-fronting (2014) 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 requires the […]

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) News Factory (2014) 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 of PR […]

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 […]