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Laura Banfield is a Naarm/Melbourne-based artist working across performance (PE), wearable artifacts (WE), installation (I), photography (PH), film (F), and workshops (WO).

Throughout her commissioned pieces and collaborative projects, and personal work, Laura explores notions of performance, material, bodies, and fashion. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally. Beyond this work, she lectures within the Bachelor of Fashion (Design) program at RMIT University.

Exhibitions  NGV Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne Spring Fashion Week, Melbourne Fashion Festival, Berlin Fashion Week, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Marfa Gallery, Wolfhound Gallery

Clients  Confidence Man, Polito, Deanne Butterworth, Lambert, RMIT University, Grimshaw Architects, OCTA

Press  Le Mile, To Be Magazine, Mileu Melbourne, Anyone Girl, Vogue Italia

Talks  ACMI X Industry Night, RMIT University Careers Day


Significant Surfaces  F, I, WE
Performance of Postures  PE, I
Moving Parts  PE, I
Moving Parts  PH, I
Frame Within Frame  PH, I
A Device for Daydreaming  PH, WE

Surface: A Temporary Recording Medium  PH, WE
The Intersection of Body and Material  WO


I    @laurabanfield
E   laurarbanfield@gmail.com




A Device for Daydreaming (2019, 2021)  PHOTOGRAPHY, WEARABLE ARTIFACT

'A Device for Daydreaming' reflects on the tension and relationship that exists between commodified and authentic experiences. The series is set in an alternate present, where a hypothetical device promises the activation of a daydream. This prompts contemplation on the source and authenticity of our feelings, experiences, and needs. Should what we feel, experience, and need come from us, ourselves, or be made by someone or something else?


Photography: Laura Banfield
Models: Amanda McAlister, Alice Ramsden, Amy Yu
Wearable artifact: Laura Banfield