Laura Parnes

Bio

Laura Parnes’ films and installations incorporate counter-cultural and youth-culture references, where music is integral to the work. She’s screened and exhibited widely in the US and internationally and is a 2013 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow, a 2014 NYFA recipient, and a 2016 Creative Capital Award recipient. Video Data Bank published a box set of her work and Participant Press published a book of her scripts titled Blood and Guts in Hollywood: Two Screenplays by Laura Parnes (with an introduction by Chris Kraus). She’s directed music videos for The Julie Ruin and Le Tigre.