my contribution
I created the biomorphic animations, creature visualisations, and the microfiche periodic table imagery at the centre of KNOWMORE (House of Commons). My visual work transformed the installation's conceptual concerns - political knowledge, collective memory, and ecological entanglement - into moving, living form. The creatures and animated imagery I produced became the expressive language through which participants encountered and processed the work's content.
about the work
KNOWMORE (House of Commons) was a large-scale interactive installation that invited participants into an immersive environment exploring how we inhabit, process, and relate to collective political and ecological knowledge. The work took its name from a database of political donations and lobbying - asking how we come to know what we know about shared governance, and what we do with that knowledge.
Central to the experience were my biomorphic animations: creature-like forms derived from microscopic imagery, biological data, and my own generative design processes. These visualisations moved through the installation space, responding to participant interaction and making the abstract concrete - translating data and political content into organic, sensory experience.
The microfiche periodic table imagery wove together scientific notation, archival aesthetics, and biological form, producing a visual language entirely specific to this work. The installation was commissioned for the State Library of Queensland and later toured internationally to the Mediations Biennale in Poznan - one of the largest exhibitions of contemporary art in Poland.
credits
visual artist
Stuart Lawson
artistic direction
Keith Armstrong (Transmute Collective)
developed at
Queensland University of Technology, Creative Industries Faculty
exhibition history
2010
Mediations Biennale, Poznan, Poland
International tour · Largest contemporary art exhibition in Poland
2009
State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
Commission & world premiere
related documents
KNOWMORE - State Library of Queensland catalogue
Official exhibition catalogue for the premiere of KNOWMORE at the State Library of Queensland.
Mediations Biennale press release
Official press release for KNOWMORE's international presentation at the Mediations Biennale - one of the largest exhibitions of contemporary art in Poland.