[-empyre-] Introduction - Bio and interests

[Laini Burton]

Hello empyres,

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.

Please see here my Bio:

Dr Laini Burton 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.

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 *Fashion
as **Masquerade: Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty* (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 *The Body Beautiful: Identity,
Performance, Fashion and the Contemporary Female Body* (InterDisciplinary
Press). She has forthcoming essays, 'Gagging Beauty' in *Beauty: Exploring
Critical Issues, *and 'Space-Actant-Event: A Performance' Art Criterion in
the text *What is Performance Art?* (Power Publications, USYD, AU).

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.

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*Mythopoetic: Women Artists from Australia and
India* (2013-4)
and *BELT* (2014).
With kind regards,
Laini


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Dr Laini Burton
Lecturer, Digital Media
Convenor: Studio Art; Gold Coast Campus Convenor, Honours
Teaching: Studio Art, Fashion Design, Art and Design History and Theory
Queensland College of Art
Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University

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