recent work by Melbourne-based installation artist Lauren Brown

1. projects 2008
projects: 2008: abracadaver
In-the-Box
Enamel, tin jack-in-the-boxes, zip-lock bags, brass-esque plaques,
dirt/hair/ash
15 x 15 x 15 cm (x 10)
Early investigations in the city-scape form, light, red and projection, these
works were produced at the National Art School, final year of a BFA.
Residence
Victorian ash, Fluorescent exit light, electronic dimmer, satin, DVD stereo
sound, brass-esque plaque.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheseesred/2607794528/
Both exhibited as part of a joint show, abracadaver: death and magic with
Linda McRae at Allan’s Walk.

2. projects 2007-8
projects: 2007-8: interesting south
Interesting South
Interesting is a series of non-conferences, based around the idea that “in
order to be interesting, you need to be interested”. Having attended the
first Interesting, originally organised in London Lauren has done the set
design for the Sydney conferences, based around place to have a chat.
IS I: 2007
Bondi Pavillion Theatre
The loungeroom: chairs, lamps, couches, bookshelf, beanbag, rugs and a
tea-making performance throughout the presentations.
IS II: 2008
Belvoir St Theatre
The backyard: fake grass, plants, tiki lamps, garden gnomes, deckchairs
and daisies.

3. projects 2008
projects: 2008 : occupied
Occupied
Performance
Stickers
As part of a project on public space, and a continuation of the toilet
project, a small performance/occupation was staged in a public toilet at
Knox Shopping Centre - a large private mall in the outer suburbs of
Melbourne (and part of the new public spaces of consumption).

4. projects 2008
projects: 2008 : occupied
Occupied
Performance
Stickers
The only documentation was a short section of video, writing and stickers
left on the site:
An artist sat here for an hour and a half
She did not buy a thing
She did not worry about what to buy
She read, wrote, thought and daydreamed
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The real values of culture can be maintained only by negating culture.
But this negation can no longer be a cultural negation. It may in a sense

5. projects 2008
projects: 2008: not now, i’m talking
Not Now, I’m Talking
Project curated by David Kemmery
Project Contemporary Artspace
Wollongong NSW, Australia
August 2008

6. projects 2008
projects: 2008 : making sense
1300 x 740 x 470
Wallpaper and projection installation: paper, tape, pins, stop-motion
animation
74 x 74 x 470 cm (approx).
Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Site-specific installation for Making Sense, curated by Nella Themelios.

7. projects 2008
projects: 2008 : my world is 15 x 15
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When I realised my world was no bigger....
Felt, stop-motion animation, ipod touch, pins, thread
Gallery 374, Northcote, Melbourne, Australia
15 x 15 x 15cm
Object/animation for My Work is 15 x 15, curated by Kim Jaeger.
when i realised my world was no bigger...documents the process of
quot;measuringquot; 15 x 15 cm as a way of knowing space and the
realisations that happen when you truly experience the dimensions of
your 'world' through empirical and mathematical means.

8. projects 2007-
projects: 2007 (ongoing): red stickers
Red stickers
Red and black ink, adhesive stickers
3.3 x 9.9 cm.
Cardiff, Dubai, Hamburg, London, Melbourne, Paris

9. projects 2008 -
projects: 2008 (ongoing): paper architecture
Spitalfields, Claridges, Dubai Windtower
Paper/adhesive paper
Between 1m to 2m (height)
Distorting the public space by reconfiguring the solid, monumental and
permanent 3-dimensional medium of architecture into ephemeral, 2-
dimensional and flimsy media.
Pasted up in various places around Melbourne.

10. projects 2009
projects: 2009 (ongoing): thread reconfigured
Thread reconfigured
Knitted runner, video, paste-ups, performance, yarn
Sizes variable
An installation, originally designed for The Frontroom, in Cambridge,
responding to an earlier work which used wool/thread as a means to
investiagate throught. This work reconfigures the thread into form and
space, whereby thoughts are ‘knitted’ into a tangible object, a designed
outcome.

11. projects 2009
projects: 2009 (ongoing): the toilet project
The Toilet Project
Paper, ink, pins, felt, stop-motion animation
Size variable
Site-specific actions and occupation of public toilets. Measuring and
patterning spaces, in order to create private places, by lining them with
felt.
Current project: RMIT, Bldg 50

12. projects 2009
projects: 2009 (ongoing): candystriper project
The Candystripers
Collaboration with pop-artist Gemma Jones, ‘candystriping’ places and
spaces in red and white.
2008
Shortlisted for 2009 City of Melbourne Laneways Commission
Studio 569
2009
Bus Gallery Foyer