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Lauren Mackler
Lauren Mackler [RISD MFA ’09, Graphic Design]
MAKING STRANGE.
This work is a study of the strange and the uncanny in visual form. The strange in this instance is defined as any occurrence that disrupts the commonplace of a situation. Though historically the Freudian uncanny has been ascribed to horror and fear, I use it today as a class of the strange which invites a tactile, visceral experience as well as intellectual dissonance.
Drawing from a wide range of precedents, including phenomenology, spiritualism, abject art, science fiction and B-horror cinema, a series of narratives, objects and installations arise and offer unusual variations on reality; what Marshall McLuhan referred to as "counter-environments." Each body of work is a testing ground for a perceptual experience of the strange and investigates the translation of this into graphic design form.
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