p︎rn collection, 2023
'Porn Collection' is a visual exploration of pornography manifested through a series
of mixed-media and collage prints, extracted from vintage Hustler
magazines.
Engaging in a dialogue between physical and digital manipulation
techniques, Lauren delves into the complexities of societal constructs
surrounding the portrayal of women and the body within the realm of mainstream,
androcentric pornography. Through her creative process, she obscures and
reveals facets of these images, prompting an inquiry into the dichotomy of
offense: does it lie within the raw presentment of the female body or the act taking
place?
Porn Collection critiques androcentric mainstream portrayals of women in pornography and
the ways in which these images are consumed and internalised by audiences.
Lauren appropriates the imagery from
magazines tailored to male consumption, reshaping, and deconstructing the
narratives they perpetuate, abstracting the female form, challenging the false
narratives of sexual liberation, emancipating it from the confines of male
desire.
Lauren offers a visual deconstruction of the typical "pornographic" image, reimagining the female body as something more complex than its reduction to objectified sexual pleasure.
The resulting works are designed to provoke conversation, not only about the representations
of women in pornography but also about the broader implications for feminist discourse.
