<div dir="ltr">Hello empyres,<div><br></div><div>I am pleased to be a part of this endlessly fascinating list and enjoy reading the posts. It is affirming to witness the diversity of scholarship within the group.</div><div><br></div><div>Please see here my Bio:</div><div><br></div><div><p style="font-family:minion-pro;line-height:21px;margin:0px 0px 1em;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Dr Laini Burton<strong> </strong>is a visual artist, art and design history and theory scholar at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University where she is Head of Studio Art and the Honours program at the Gold Coast Campus. Her research centres on body politics, fashion theory, bio-art and design and performance art. In these areas she focuses on the historical dimension and contemporary applications of new/digital media technologies in art and design practice, writing on topics such as embodiment, technology and biotechnologies, and the shaping of identities through creative practices.</p><p style="font-family:minion-pro;line-height:21px;margin:0px 0px 1em;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Laini’s publications include ‘Abject Appeal and the Monstrous Feminine in Lady Gaga’s self-fashioned persona “Mother Monster”’, and ‘Nobody’s fool: Power and agency in performing “The Blonde”’ which was included in the book <em style="">Fashion as </em><em style="">Masquerade: Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty</em> (University of Chicago Press) which she guest edited with Professor Efrat Tseëlon (University of Leeds, UK) and Professor Emerita of Sociology Diana Crane (UPenn, US). In 2015, her chapter titled 'Evolutionary Scents: Lucy McRae's Swallowable Perfume' was published in <em style="">The Body Beautiful: Identity, Performance, Fashion and the Contemporary Female Body</em> (InterDisciplinary Press). She has forthcoming essays, 'Gagging Beauty' in <em style="">Beauty: Exploring Critical Issues, </em>and 'Space-Actant-Event: A Performance' Art Criterion in the text <em style="">What is Performance Art?</em> (Power Publications, USYD, AU).</p><p style="font-family:minion-pro;line-height:21px;margin:0px 0px 1em;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Laini supervises Honours, Masters, DVA and PhD candidates whose areas of investigation align with her own research interests. In 2011, she was the recipient of the Griffith Award for Excellence in Teaching, ‘Early Career Award’. Laini maintains an active membership with Industry organisations AAANZ, CAA, POPCAANZ and NAVA.</p><p style="font-family:minion-pro;line-height:21px;margin:0px 0px 1em;color:rgb(68,68,68)">As a practicing artist, Laini was included in a major survey of contemporary female Australian and Indian practitioners in the Open Program of the inaugural 2012 Kochi Muzuris Biennale, India. Other recent exhibitions include<em style="">Mythopoetic: Women Artists from Australia and India</em> (2013-4) and <em style="">BELT</em> (2014).</p><div>With kind regards,</div><div>Laini</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Dr Laini Burton<br>Lecturer, Digital Media<br>Convenor: Studio Art; Gold Coast Campus Convenor, Honours</div><div dir="ltr">Teaching: <span>Studio Art, Fashion Design, Art and Design History and Theory</span><br>Queensland College of Art<br>Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University<br> <br>(p) - 61 (0)7 5552 7121<br>(f) - 61 (0)7 5552 8192<div><a href="http://qcagoldcoast.academia.edu/LainiBurton" target="_blank">http://qcagoldcoast.academia.edu/LainiBurton</a> </div><div>ORCID ID: <span style="line-height:22px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000"><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2124-6304#sthash.LWFuC7FD.dpuf" target="_blank">orcid.org/0000-0002-2124-6304#sthash.LWFuC7FD.dpuf</a> </font></span><br><br>Administration Contact (p) +61 (0)7 555 2180<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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