VCA Art Grad Show 2024

Masters in Fine Art by Research

Portrait of a Cyborg

Through stolen images, sound and sculptural installation Lauren’s practise considers boundaries between the human and machine via imaging of popular culture to explore the contemporary cyborg as metaphor for technological mediation of the body and its associated modifications. Addressing the rapid flux of online images, algorithmic influences and the political context of image circulation, Portrait of a Cyborg examines how technology and popular cultures drive desire, their effect on conception of the self and the subsequent impact on identity.

https://art2024.finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/graduates/lauren-dunn

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Break the Internet

65 × 90 cm photographic print

Blackwood frame

Museum glass

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Installation view

Sound: Guided Couture 53: https://couture.balenciaga.com/en/collections/53rd-collection/

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Blueprint Biohack

150 × 100 cm lenticular print

Aluminium frame

Museum glass