Laura Boutros
Creative Research & Founders Office Associate • Gooey.AI • she/her
Laura Boutros is an Egyptian-American Experience Designer pursuing a PhD in Communications Research at the Royal College of Art in London, England. She received her MFA in Digital Arts and New Media at UC Santa Cruz in 2020. Her practice focuses on personal catharsis, Egyptian-American diaspora, and liminality by stitching together media, current events, and historical precedent to capture contradictory pathos.
London United Kingdom
Projects
Amduat - The 12 Hours of Ra
I knew I wanted to explore my identity; what does it mean to be stripped of all the context of your history and grow up “creating” a relationship with your ancestry across the globe? What results is a fragmented and layered group of choices that must literally be unwrapped throughout one’s life. This trajectory highlighted the areas I have witnessed Egyptians depicted in Western media and performance, or rather the neglect of such appearances and the inclination towards appropriation and white-washing. My work attempts to restitute Egyptian aesthetics in the West, and recraft these narratives through an informed lens.
Santa Cruz, California
https://lauraboutros.com/portfolio/amduat-the-12-hours-of-ra/
Open Sesame Redux
Experimental theatre design meets escape room in a treasure hunt that will playfully explore the errors of our past! Come discover the future of collaborative storytelling through connective puzzle-solving.
Great Exhibition Road Festival 2025
London, England
Member of
Dara.network / Gooey.AI
Laura Boutros on the Web
lauraboutros.com
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