Lucy McRae

Lucy McRae
Lucy McRae in 2012
Born1979
London, England
EducationRMIT
Known forSci Fi art, film, biotech, art direction, edible, wearable tech

Lucy McRae (born 1979) is a British-born Australian science fiction artist, body architect, film maker and TED fellow. Her installations include film, photography, sculptures, and edible and wearable technology.

Career

McRae uses technology and design to create what she calls body architecture. She describes herself artistically as exploring the limits and adaptability of the human body and its emotional impact in the face of futuristic science and technology. Her work has been exhibited at the Science Museum London, the Royal Academy of Arts, Centre Pompidou, Venice Biennale, Science Gallery Melbourne and Broached Commissions. She has spoken at RMIT University, MIT media lab, Central St Martins, Tribeca Film Festival, Hyper Island and The Bartlett. McRae has been listed by Fast Company magazine as one of the ‘fifty people shaping the future’.[1] McRae is visiting faculty at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc).[2]

Biography

McRae was born in 1979 in London.[3] She trained in classical ballet in Melbourne and later studied interior design at RMIT University. After graduation she moved to London and went on to work at Philips Design in the Netherlands in 2006. She led their Far Future Design research lab that focused on emotional sensing.[4] The team developed wearable technologies including a dress which responds to a wearer's emotions as well as electronic tattoos implanted in the skin that changed by touch. Her Bubelle Blush dress sensed the wearer's emotions and then interpreted those readings as lights on the dresses outer layers. The dress was listed as one of Time magazine's best inventions of 2007.[5] It was at Philips Design that McRae met Bart Hess, a Dutch designer. They created the photographic collaboration "LucyandBart" using various materials to transform human bodies and faces into a work of art.[6] In 2010 McRae was supported by a veski award in design[7] in collaboration with RMIT University for a series of lectures and workshops and a solo exhibition titled ‘Breed Out’ at the Mars Gallery in Melbourne. She created Swallowable Parfume in collaboration with the synthetic biologist Sheref Mansy. Swallowable Parfume is made up of a fragrant lipid molecule which mimics the natural fat molecules found in the body. Once the body metabolises these lipids, fragrant molecules are released through perspiration on the skin.[8] In 2012, McRae was invited to join the TED Fellowship programme and spoke at TED Long Beach on "How can technology transform the body?"[9] She exhibited ‘Future Day Spa’ at the London Design Festival where audiences experienced a feeling of relaxation and weightlessness by being wrapped in a plastic-foil membrane inside a vacuum chamber as if they were preparing for space travel.[10] Her short fictional film 'Institute of Isolation' inquires how the human body is sustained physically and mentally in the extreme environment of space travel and prolonged isolation.[11] She was one of the artists exhibited at Experimenta Make Sense: International Triennial of Media Art, an exhibition that expresses the disconcerting and delightful world of the digital age.[12] In 2018, McRae collaborated with University of Melbourne researchers Niels Wouters and Nick Smith on 'Biometric mirror' a sci-fi installation which was part of the Science Gallery Melbourne's pop-up exhibition titled, 'Perfection'. Biometric mirror was based on the idea of using computer vision algorithms to show a mathematically perfect face.[13] She was selected as a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum in 2018.[14]

In 2019, McRae's work over thirteen years was exhibited as a part of the first survey exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria titled 'Lucy McRae: Body Architect' and curated by Simone LeAmon.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ "Gorgeous New Film Explores How Our Bodies And Brains Could Morph in Space". 10 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Architectural Bestia at SCI-Arc will display the ambiguities of creative authorship". The Architect’s Newspaper. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Melbourne Now". ngv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Body Architecture and the work of Lucy McRae". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Best Inventions of 2007". Time.
  6. ^ "Lucy McRae and Bart Hess". 4 May 2008.
  7. ^ "Awards in design 2010".
  8. ^ "Lucy McRae presents 'Swallowable Parfum' Live Lab".
  9. ^ McRae, Lucy (6 April 2012), How can technology transform the human body?, retrieved 11 January 2019
  10. ^ "Bruno Giussani x Lucy McRae".
  11. ^ "Lucy McRae film explores how design could prepare humans for outer space". 17 July 2016.
  12. ^ "Experimenta Make Sense: International Triennial of Media Art".
  13. ^ "Magic Mirror".
  14. ^ "Meet the 2018 Young Global Leaders".
  15. ^ "Lucy McRae: Body Architect".
  16. ^ "Artist who thrives in the uncanny valley". 30 August 2019.

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