Lisa Lomax (formerly Lisa Biagiotti) is an experimental journalist, interdisciplinary artist and lecturer. She draws from a background in multimedia journalism and documentary filmmaking to create future narratives with a social undertow.

Her current work explores what she calls ‘mythic journalism’: a reimagining of the journalist as a cultural archetype who gathers real stories to construct living myths about the present and near future. Through her ongoing sci-fi documentary series, Allergic Reaction, Lisa performs the role of the journalist (witness, participant and messenger), using hybrid media, speculation and real-world encounters to explore how possible stories shape collective imagination.

In 2024, she debuted a prototype for Room with a View Presents…The Time Machine in Ireland. This interdisciplinary project transformed a coastal home’s window into a portal for collective witnessing. Framed by a single view, the work invited artists, scientists and local residents to experience a century of climate change through the portal of one window, meditating on time, place and the stories landscapes carry.

Lisa has reported extensively on race, poverty, human rights and international crises. Her 12-part documentary series on homelessness, On the Streets (2017), became the most-watched video series in the history of The L.A. Times. Her award-winning documentary deepsouth (2014) shifted the national conversation on HIV/AIDS and spotlighted LGBTQIA+ issues in rural America.

Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The L.A. Times, The Lancet, and PBS and NPR. Lisa is the recipient of a Fulbright Award and a Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Journalism Award, and was an inaugural Sundance Artist-in-Residence at MIT Media Lab. She holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Lisa lives in Los Angeles with her partner, sculptor Brandon Lomax, and their child.

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