Ilana Russell

My research explores alternative models for public art commissioning by using the framework of an artist laboratory to facilitate the development and presentation of site-responsive, public-realm works. Considering the laboratory as a space for experimentation, critical thinking and interdisciplinary collaboration, I examine how these different methodologies can foster an intentional and theoretical approach to the way creative practitioners can intervene with a site.

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Westgate Park Lab, 2018
Photography
Photo: Bryony Jackson

Test Sites lab, 2019
Photography
Photo: Keelan O'Hehir

Biennial Lab, 2016
Photography
Photo: Kristoffer Paulsen