Lucy McRae is a sci–fi artist, director and self proclaimed
Body Architect probing the frontiers of the body,
health and human adaptability.

Dousing technology in femininity she responds to
complex future scenarios, inventing visually iconic experiences that connects science with imagination.

ASTRONAUT AEROBICS INSTITUTE

The Astronaut Aerobics Institute is a futuristic day spa prepping the body for space travel. Audiences are placed in a low pressured vacuum chamber isolating the mind, body and instantly oxygenating blood cells. This project is part of Lucy’s Artistic Research Laboratory proving the biometric impact artistic provocations can have on the brain and body. READ MORE

MAKE YOUR MAKER SHORT FILM

A crude laboratory plays host to a series of macabre experiments, based on the premise that 'Food and the Body are Inseparable'. Lucy's film takes on genetic manipulation, creating glowing comestibles that drip and flow to mold bodily shapes that are then harvested, sliced and repackaged for consumption. Read more

SWALLOWABLE PARFUM LIVE LAB

The Swallowable Parfum® short film is the culmination of a four week Summer residency at Pin Up Project Space where Lucy extrapolated her artistic provocation into a live performance where viewers stepped into a future where the body and technology merge. Read more

THE BIOLOGICAL BAKERY

The Biological Bakery is a DIY bio–fabrication laboratory commissioned by Aussie Pop outfit Architecture In Helsinki; A surreal candy–coloured–scientific–circus is operated by lead voalist Dr Bird and his twinned assistants. Read more

REPTILE YOUTH ‘MY YOKO ONO’ MUSIC VIDEO

'My Yoko Ono' music video for Danish pop duo Reptile Youth, humours serious topics like genetic manipulation and designer babies, entertaining the concept that we are all 'Puppets of technology' entrusting the digital to archive our secrets. Read more

Morphē SHORT FILM FOR AESOP

Australian skincare brand Aēsop commissioned McRae to conceive Morphē; a short film that playfully presages a shared collision between science and beauty. At the edge of this world, a painstaking Scientist employs an assortment of liquids and weird contraptions to minister arcane beauty treatments to a sleeping Muse. Read more

‘FAT MONK’ RAT VS POSSUM MUSIC VIDEO

Lucy makes her directorial debut with this kaleidoscopic music video for Australian synth-pop outfit Rat vs Possum, a project that entailed working alongside twenty of Melbourne’s RMIT University top design students. Read more

SWALLOWABLE PARFUM

Swallowable Parfum is a cosmetic capsule that releases fragrant molecules through the skins surface upon perspiration, emitting a biologically enhanced odor. This provocation breaks entirely new ground when thinking about traditional modes of parfum; working from the inside out, the body becomes an anatomiser, signaling a new cycle of evolution. Read more

LIQUID EXPERIMENTS

Chlorophyll Skin is an area of research exploring mechanisms for changing the color of skin. Inspired by chromatophores; the colored pigments found in chameleon skin and the challenge to make effects found in Photoshop and other CG imagery, by hand. Other liquid experiments are powered by windscreen wiper machines and the live show uses a stethoscope to record sounds. Read more

ROBYN ALBUM COVERS

Suspended from a delicately constructed coat hanger construction floats a seven layered paper pixel textile of electro-pop icon Robyn, with the real Robyn knitted amongst her seven other selfs. Read more

LUCYANDBART

A collaboration between Lucy McRae and Bart Hess described as an instinctual stalking of fashion, architecture, performance and the body. Read more

ROBYN’S INDESTRUCTIBLE MUSIC VIDEO

This ‘Making Of’ video showcases a project that started over two years ago generating dynamic textiles made from liquid, air and vapor. 1.2 kilometres of transparent plumbing tubing was knitted with fishing wire to skin Robyn’s body. Read more

ART DIRECTION AND PHOTOGRAPHY FOR MICHAEL KAMPE

Michael Kampe, budding menswear fashion designer, asked me to capture his ‘Exploded View’ collection. Read more

BECOMING TRANSNATURAL CAMPAIGN

A TransNatural technology plays by the dynamic rules of nature without ramshackling the planet. For the second year running Lucy has been commissioned to create the campaign for the TransNatural exhibition. Read more

AMERICAN VOGUE

Lucyandbart sculpted their ‘Evolution’ silhouette for model Caroline Trentini photographed by Nick Knight for American Vogue in an exclusive article about age, youth and plastic surgery. Read more

ANOTHER MAN MAGAZINE

LucyandBart crafted one-of-a-kind sculptural extensions on models in a collaboration with Nick Knight and stylist Alister Mackie in an epic editorial shoot for AnOther Man magazine available September. www.showstudio.com Read more

VAGINA for SHOWSTUDIO

Nick Knight @ Showstudio invited Lucy McRae and Champagne Valentine to create a new work inspired by the well coveted part of the human body, the Vagina for his project The Fashion Body. Read more

CENTRE POMPIDOU PARIS

LucyandBart have been invited to perform in various Paris locations including the Centre Pompidou and Palais de Tokyo creating live silhouettes during the in famous carousel event. www.centrepompidou.fr Read more

ROJO NOVA 2010 RIO DE JANEIRO

Artists from across the globe have been invited to make new work in ROJO NOVA’s live event in Sao Paulo. An audible visual atmosphere ensues. Read more

BLACK MATERIAL MUSIC VIDEO

A mini music video for a forthcoming book and DVD release entitled Black material. The video is inspired by the work of NYC artist Robert Knoke. The video was
a collaboration with digital luxury brand Champagne Valentine. Read more

LEVI’S COMMISSION

Dutch Fashion Magazine Blend commissioned Lucyandbart to create eight images that represented the evolution of the Levi’s 501 jeans brand. Read more

HOPE AND GLORY

Hope and Glory is a conceptual circus conceived by Simon Birch which opened in April 2010 in Hong Kong. A collection of twelve bespoke garments were commissioned to reflect the idea of the ‘hero myth’ that appears throughout history . Read more

PHILIPS DESIGN PROBES

Lucy consulted as a Body Architect in the Probes Programme at Philips Design. The programme accelerates a vision for next generation sensitive technology. Read more