Work samples

  • Compass
    Compass

    Compass
    sculpture 2023

    wood, reflective metal foil, fabric, video, light
    276"x 276"w x108″ht.
    Compass is a sculpture inspired by the magnetic fields 

    of the earth. The work considers location of the migratory patterns
    of flora and fauna and reflects upon humankinds
    navigational direction as it relates to the natural world. 

About Laure

Laure Drogoul is a Baltimore based interdisciplinary artist and olfactory spelunker. Laure works with a wide range of media including projects in which she creates sculpture, installations and performances that invite the viewer to be an active participant. She has exhibited and performed internationally and nationally, including The International House of Japan in Tokyo, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington Project for the Arts, Baltimore Museum of Art and The Center for Architecture in New… more

Recent Works 2023-2022

  • Luxury Goods
    Luxury Goods

    installation/performance 2023. Post-consumer fur garments, paper, paint, ceramics, animal pelts, audio, 2 performers. Luxury Goods is an installation activated by performance that explores humans relationshipwith animals. The work reflects upon fur and other commodities related to social status and economic

Installation/Performance

  • Hothouse for the Flora of Our Own Making
    Hothouse for the Flora of Our Own Making

    Hothouse for the Flora of Our Own Making(or the fruit of our convenience)
    Site-specific installation, Maryland 2019
    516″ x 120 x 180″
    clear polyethylene #4 repurposed plastic, wood, filament and light
    The artwork is a spectacle of endless consumption and a reminder of how a material of our own design has become a staple of our environment and is rapidly transforming the natural world.

Installation/Performance 2014-2012

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  • Going to Seed
    Going to Seed

Installation/Performance 2012-2008

  •  Invocation for The Last Full Measure of Devotion (seance for patriots' dreams)
    Invocation for The Last Full Measure of Devotion (seance for patriots' dreams)
    Site-specific installation 2008 300 military uniforms, 2 channel video, 18'x15'x8' Arlington Art Center Arlington, VA

Sculpture/Installation (Rotten Enchantments)

  • She Pod of Rotten Enchantment
    She Pod of Rotten Enchantment
    Sculpture 2009 Decker Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD Mixed media including interactive video, fabric, wood, photocopy paper, plants and a hammock. 16'x14'x12'ht This sculpture is a architectural folly based on an Anatolian sphinx/fertility figure. The interior is an open space and garden for events to occur and contains a hammock. The eyes are Interactive media/video that respond to the movement of the visitors that enter the interior space.

Installation/Performance 2008-2005

Frequencies for Darwin takes the form of a small theater that contains a voice activated, vibrational instrument. This project contains a participatory sculptural object that harks back to the parlor games of the 19th century. The work invites the viewer to sit and speak into the microphone to communicate with the common earthworm. The glass jar contains approx. 1000 red wigglers (a variety of earthworm), who, with time will move in response to the vibration of the glass. The work is inspired in part by the experiments of Charles Darwin with worms and vibration as discussed in his seminal book "The Formation Of Vegetable Mould, Through The Actions of Worms".
We have much in common with the earthworm. Worms respond to vibration, such as the patter of rain or the pecking of the birds on the earth. Humans also communicate with vibration, via the vibrating folds of the larynx, and the vibration of sound transmitted through the air.
  • Frequencies for Darwin (vermi conversation) 2006
    Frequencies for Darwin (vermi conversation) 2006
    Instructional card for performance. In this installation the participant is invited to talk and listen to worms via a sculptural instrument. The worm filled glass jar has been modified with an audio speaker that vibrates when the participant speaks through the microphone. This work is inspired in part by the experiments of Charles Darwin with worms and vibration as discussed in his seminal book "The Formation Of Vegetable Mould, Through The Actions of Worms".

Scentorium (olfactory factory)

Scentorium (olfactory factory) is a performance and installation project about smell perception and geography. It is an ongoing work (started in 2002) that takes many forms, including an on-line interactive map and survey to collect smell data. www.olfactoryfactory.org. This work has been exhibited as an installation and performed in Baltimore, St Petersburg, Russia, Tokyo, Japan and New York City.
  • Scentorium
    Scentorium
    The Scentorium is pictured here installed as part of the Out of Place exhibit at University of Maryland, College Park, MD 2007. The gallery visitor is accessing the on-line survey.

Bozo Prison (for four or more)

Bozo Prison(for four or more) is a architectural follie/theater in the shape of a clown. Four or more performers are invited to perform in the cages to yell, shout or scream insults and angry words at the viewer. It is a vessel for venting and airing one's angst.
Created in 1999 as part of Artscape.
  • Bozo Prison(for four or more)
    Bozo Prison(for four or more)
    Sculpture Baltimore,MD1999 wood,fabric,paper,light,sound,fourperformers

Sculpture (more Rotten Enchantments)

These illuminated Sculptures often contain interior spaces for events to occur. I consider them small theaters for a performative act or an interaction. They are built, similarly to a lantern or kite in multiple forms, then stacked. The surface of the work is photocopy paper, that I wheat paste onto the surface. These papered surfaces often contain a conceptual element or a reference point for the work. All these sculptures have an accompanying sound track.
  • Dolly
    Dolly

Installation/Performance 1990-1989

  • Matriarchical Maze
    Matriarchical Maze
    Sculpture/Installation Artscape Baltimore, MD 30'x30'x8' wood,paper,fabric, audio, beehive. walk through maze with interior beehive