
When headphones wouldn’t block the penetrating sound of jackhammers outside my dorm one morning, I fled to the sound insulation of water at the swimming pool, where I heard…another jackhammer. The sound infiltrated my body. I almost chuckled to myself, I HEAR MACHINES UNDERWATER. Before I allowed myself to get pissed I realized: I can either reject my environment or let it fuel my creative process. If I think about using my experience as artistic inspiration, my anger feels controlled and directed.
I HEAR MACHINES UNDERWATER
![egg craving [video, 2024]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667a1aca0046301320a3c028/686c1455-38ce-4093-a1b6-52a9107c6f76/lauren+website-17.jpg)
egg craving [video, 2024]
![en utero i hear machines [sculpture poem duo, 2024]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667a1aca0046301320a3c028/cd9367f8-7ef4-4dae-8ea9-f6964ec2106f/lauren+website-6.jpg)
en utero i hear machines [sculpture poem duo, 2024]

![POWERGRID [7 ft x 7 ft, sculpture, 2024]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667a1aca0046301320a3c028/0438af15-73e0-4af9-b802-25e21801787b/lauren+website-2.jpg)
POWERGRID [7 ft x 7 ft, sculpture, 2024]

![en utero [left], egg yolk [right], [11x14 in silver gelatin prints, 2024]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667a1aca0046301320a3c028/4ddca2e9-4941-4565-ae9d-ed8782a151d8/lauren+website-4.jpg)
en utero [left], egg yolk [right], [11x14 in silver gelatin prints, 2024]
![broken power [11x14 in silver gelatin print, 2023]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667a1aca0046301320a3c028/2ccae349-1907-43f1-8317-701ff62b0e65/lauren+website-5.jpg)
broken power [11x14 in silver gelatin print, 2023]
![VITRUVIAN WOMAN [laser etching on black acrylic, 2024]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667a1aca0046301320a3c028/d1e3089f-c23e-413a-bfe4-5990bfb6d621/lauren+website-14.jpg)
VITRUVIAN WOMAN [laser etching on black acrylic, 2024]
![pull-up, fall down [metal sculpture and video projection, 2024]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667a1aca0046301320a3c028/fc04c73c-23b2-4df8-aadc-481f45357f47/lauren+website-27.jpg)
pull-up, fall down [metal sculpture and video projection, 2024]



![spiderweb [left], membrane [right], [inkjet duo, 2024]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667a1aca0046301320a3c028/5cbda994-e457-46b3-8668-c6f7a34334d2/lauren+website-3.jpg)
spiderweb [left], membrane [right], [inkjet duo, 2024]




![underwater [video projection, 2024]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667a1aca0046301320a3c028/ff3d1d28-7146-44e9-b847-0881bdcf346b/lauren+website-10.jpg)
underwater [video projection, 2024]

![mixed and printed [silver gelatin and inkjet prints, 2023-24]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667a1aca0046301320a3c028/3636d8a8-1d96-4d26-85b7-e5e069e6e055/lauren+website-9.jpg)
mixed and printed [silver gelatin and inkjet prints, 2023-24]



![building self [inkject on watercolor, 2024]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667a1aca0046301320a3c028/1e30670e-a607-4748-87ab-4fbb4701e67f/lauren+website-12.jpg)
building self [inkject on watercolor, 2024]
![building self [inkject on watercolor, 2024]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667a1aca0046301320a3c028/42d764ae-dc1e-4c29-9cf6-9ba0abe298b2/lauren+website-13.jpg)
building self [inkject on watercolor, 2024]
