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Laura Larson

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Laura Larson (born in 1980) is an American artist.

Career

Larson earned her MFA in visual arts at Rutgers, State University of New Jersey and participated in the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program.. She is currently part of the faculty at the College of Fine Arts in the Ohio University. Larson identifies herself as a photographer, although her work includes film, video, digital media, and writing.

As part of her practice, Larson explores the assumption of the objectivity of photography by taking documentary and poetic approaches in her work. She deals with issues related to the medium of photography, domestic spaces and her relation to female bodies, the history of photography, among others.[1] A recurrent topic in Larson's work is the paranormal. In the video "Electric Girls and the Invisible World", she follows a group of five teenage girlfriends and their mysterious connection to the 19th century medium Eusapia Palladino, presenting reflections on female adolescence melancholy and longing.[2]Electric Girls was supported by a post-production residency for film at the the Wexner Center for the Arts.[3]

  1. ^ "statement | about | Laura Larson". www.lauralarson.net. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  2. ^ "ELECTRIC GIRLS AND THE INVISIBLE WORLD". Vimeo. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  3. ^ "Laura Larson Electric Girls and the Invisible World". wexarts.org. Retrieved 2017-03-04.