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Lauren Winton

every man is ludicrous if you look at him from the outside

About Me


I am an artist and designer living and working in St Leonards on Sea. My youth was spent in a dry suburb of Gauteng, head under the duvet, dreaming of rain. I draw my inspiration from contradiction, the pain of inevitable change, the smell and sound of rain.
the.bricoleur's - 'Holy Insecurity' is finally finished and for sale! His sound and vision is an inspiration... you should take a look and have a listen:
www.myspace.com/lebricoleur
My CV includes:
the.bricoleur:
Logo design, Cd design (packaging) - 'Holy Insecurity'
Logo design, Cd design (packaging) - 'The Falling Down'

Pantaleimon:
Cd layout - 'Tall Trees'
Logo / cd motif only - 'Cloudburst'

David Tibet / Current 93:
Backdrop / projected graphics:
European show - Queen Elizabeth Hall, April 2008.
Mind Your Head Festival - Queen Elizabeth Hall, October 2003.

Burst TV (www.burst-tv.net):
Worked on the animation for virtual theatre set: Neil Labute’s “Bash”. Nominated “Best Play 2003” Dosky awards, Bratislava 2003.

My Interests

The silence of the early morning, the smell of rain. Painting, drawing, music and making things. Art and design.

I'd like to meet:

A ginger cat and / or people to collaborate with.

Music:

Current 93, the.bricoleur, Pantaleimon, Zoviet*France, Pansonic, The Legendary Pink Dots, Edward Ka-Spel, Nurse With Wound, The Angels of Light, Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia, Plastikman, The Sabres of Paradise, Six Organs of Admittance, Michael Cashmore, Devendra Banhart, Baby Dee, Antony & the Johnsons, Simon Finn, William Basinski, Coil, Einsturzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party, PJ Harvey, Joy Division, Mazzy Star.

Movies:

The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb, The City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, The Dark Crystal, Whistle and I Will Come to you, My Life as a Dog, Flavia the Heretic. Conspirators of Pleasure, Faust, Alice, Before Sunset.

Television:

Cowboy bebop, A Ghost Story For Christmas [1971 - 1978], League of Gentleman

Books:

'After Many a Summer', 'Antic Hay' - Aldous Huxley, 'Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers' - Martin Evening, 'Ice', 'Sleep Has His House' - Anna Kavan, 'Our Lady of the Flowers' - Jean Genet, 'Prometheus Rising', 'Sex and Drugs: A Journey Beyond Limits' - Robert Anton Wilson, 'Damian' - Hermann Hesse.

Heroes:

Marcel Duchamp. Wayne (who is always holding my hand).

My Blog

Dandelion (photograph)

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Posted by Lauren Winton on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:30:00 PST

Current 93: Queen Elizabeth Hall (animation)

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Posted by Lauren Winton on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:04:00 PST

Rising Phoenix (sculpture)

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Posted by Lauren Winton on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:27:00 PST

Of Moulen (drawings)

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Posted by Lauren Winton on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:50:00 PST

Devils Bath (photography)


Posted by Lauren Winton on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:12:00 PST

Wayne (oil on canvas)


Posted by Lauren Winton on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 07:27:00 PST

PICTURE THIS (exhibition)

A Penny Plain and Twopence Coloured...
Posted by Lauren Winton on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 07:39:00 PST