Lu Williams

Lives and works in Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, UK

Artist statement

Lu Williams (b.1993, Essex UK) is a multidisciplinary artist who produces art, events and publications through in-depth research, collecting and collaboration. They are interested in paraphernalia and cultural offcuts - elevating the ignored or cast off, exploring social history, access and labour. Lu works through the lens of queerness, neurodivergence and working-classness. In 2015 they created Grrrl Zine Fair, a place for self-publishing and DIY art, music and culture surrounding feminist publishing. In 2017 the Grrrl Zine Library was born and hosted 600+ queer feminist zines, housed at The Old Waterworks. In 2020 they co-founded Dog Ear, dog toy sculptures and accompanying publications produced by artists, with artist Emma Edmondson. They continue research on ‘The Cyberabject’, an investigation into ‘ the upheaval of contemporary media toward the entropic and bodily aesthetic. Cyberabject explores “the embodiment in a world of inconsistent human built data, the desire for In Real Life (IRL) bodies through screens, uncanny animatronics, and seeping pores of human skin pawing, at the cloud.” Williams is currently based in Leigh-on-sea, working from The Old Waterworks artist studios, Southend-on-sea. They have previously been funded by Arts Council England, Heritage Fund UK and Art Fund and have lectured at University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, UAL, UCL, Ravensbourne, Nottingham University, Kings College London and hosted workshops and events with brands and...

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