Artist Bio
LAUREN PETTY and SHAUN IRONS (AutomaticRelease) are multi-platform artists who make multimedia performances, installations, films and interactive video scores for live performance. Their most recent project, All Over Everywhere, a multidisciplinary requiem for an imperiled planet was produced at HERE Theater, NYC in spring 2024. Currently, they are developing All That Is Seen and Unseen, an interdisciplinary, performance installation which investigates the multifarious effects of technology on our collective human consciousness. Awards include grants from the NEA, NYFA, NYSCA, Jerome Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation and the Asian Cultural Council. They have been awarded residencies from Yaddo, MacDowell, Harvestworks, LMCC, Signal Culture, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Bogliasco Foundation, Hospitalfield in Scotland, The Camargo Foundation and Tokyo Wonder Site."