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THE OTHER SHAPE OF THINGS – 1. Failed Objects
| category | Sculpture |
| subject | Beauty |
| tags | tecnologia, 3d pringing, 3d scanning, errore |
| base | 600 cm |
| height | 600 cm |
| depth | 600 cm |
| year | 2017 |
THE OTHER SHAPE OF THINGS – 1. Failed Objects, 2017-ongoing. Groups of sculptures in PLA and ABS plastic produced with 3D scanners and 3D printers starting from a found object. All sculptural series are unique editions.
Failed Objects is the first of two ongoing sculptural projects, entitled THE OTHER SHAPE OF THINGS, produced through heterogeneous technologies and techniques, including 3D scanners, data manipulation and 3D printing. Failed Objects consists of a process-based and ongoing series of sculptures. The starting point of this work is a collection of hundreds of ‘failed objects’: 3D prints that I collected before they were destroyed by 3D printing labs all over the world. These objects were considered ‘failed’ for different reasons: some had not been properly printed and most had distortions, imperfections, and glitches of various kinds.
Each found object I collected was first digitalized using a 3D scanner, then reprinted using a 3D printer in order to create a second object. This second object was then scanned, and reprinted, creating a third object. After each step, the mediation and translation from digital to physical and from 3D scanner to 3D printer produced further unpredictable glitches and distortions – which in turn constituted new physical artifacts. I’ve reproduced each found object until satisfied with the series of objects derived from it. The result of each process of mediations, translations and reproductions constitutes one series of sculptures.
Failed Objects is the first of two ongoing sculptural projects, entitled THE OTHER SHAPE OF THINGS, produced through heterogeneous technologies and techniques, including 3D scanners, data manipulation and 3D printing. Failed Objects consists of a process-based and ongoing series of sculptures. The starting point of this work is a collection of hundreds of ‘failed objects’: 3D prints that I collected before they were destroyed by 3D printing labs all over the world. These objects were considered ‘failed’ for different reasons: some had not been properly printed and most had distortions, imperfections, and glitches of various kinds.
Each found object I collected was first digitalized using a 3D scanner, then reprinted using a 3D printer in order to create a second object. This second object was then scanned, and reprinted, creating a third object. After each step, the mediation and translation from digital to physical and from 3D scanner to 3D printer produced further unpredictable glitches and distortions – which in turn constituted new physical artifacts. I’ve reproduced each found object until satisfied with the series of objects derived from it. The result of each process of mediations, translations and reproductions constitutes one series of sculptures.
