Ethereal
Bodies
Lucy Orta, London College of Fashion
Research and Development Award: £15 000
Artist Lucy Orta will work in partnership with a number of biologists
to explore the effects that certain environments have on the body, its
physical appearance and the relationship of the individual in the community
as a whole. Through the partnerships, Lucy Orta intends to explore a specific
area of biological science that will inform the social dimension of the
artist’s work. She will examine current technologies for the viewing
of complex 3-D image data of the type found in cellular and developmental
biology for the development of a series of new artworks and transpose
this information into sculptural formats: portable shelter, clothing body,
architecture and larger-scale architectural prototypes.
Image
credit © Courtesy of La Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
Lucy Orta Modular Architecture – The Unit x 10
(1996) installation 450x450cm
Production
How
To Live
Projected
Worlds
Tomorrow Belongs to Me
The Fluent Heart
Research
and Development
Anatomy
and the Performance of Weight
Close
to the Wall
Ethereal
Bodies
Euthanasia and assisted suicide
Forecast:
Disruption
Karoshi
Marsyas: Running out of skin
New Chamber Opera
Punters: Auto-portraits of fairground thrill
Zero
Gravity