Archive of Author | Rachel Pimm & Lori E Allen

About Rachel Pimm & Lori E Allen

Rachel Pimm lives and works in London and New Delhi. Pimm received an MFA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2013. She co-founded the artist-run project Auto Italia South East in 2007 and since 2012 has worked collaboratively with MoreUtopia! Her work has been included in recent programmes including Hales Gallery, Jerwood Space, ANDOR, Tenderpixel and Chisenhale Gallery, The Royal Academy and Serpentine Gallery (all London 2014-2019) as well as internationally in Europe and the USA. In 2015 Pimm was shortlisted for the Converse X Dazed Emerging Artist Award. She has an MFA from Goldsmiths and lectures in Fine Art at Camberwell College and Arts University Bournemouth. Lori E Allen lives and works in London and Berlin. Allen received an MA from The Institute of Archaeology, University College London in 1999 and a BA in Anthropology and Classical Studies from New York University in 1997. Working in sound, Allen uses sources including obscure dialogue, background noise, cut-up word percussion and distorted popular television themes to create unique audio landscapes. Projects include Tears of the Material Vulture (with Tapeworm), Berlin (2015); and collaborative work on Madame Chaos (1995-1996). She is currently working with Jerome Gaynor exploring their shared personal experiences of life near a toxic suburban landfill site in St Louis.

Articles with Rachel Pimm & Lori E Allen

On the Surface

Rachel Pimm works in sculpture, video and performance to explore environments and their materialities, histories and politics often from the point of view of non-human agents such as plants, minerals, worms, water, gravity or rubber. She is interested in the potential of surfaces and matter to transform.

Working in sound, Lori E Allen uses sources including obscure dialogue, background noise, cut-up word percussion and distorted popular television themes to create audio landscapes.