James Katungyi-Looking Outwards-03

Artist: Madeline Gannon, MADLAB.CC

Title: Reverberating across the divide

Year: 2016

‘Reverberating across the divide’ follows a 3 step process – 3D scanning, 3D modeling and 3D printing – to generate complex artifacts. 3D scanning captures and reproduces a real life model in the virtual space. 3D modeling then shapes the artifact around the model, all in virtual space. 3D printing generates the physical artifact. I was impressed by the logical sequence that yields a made-to-measure artifact in such an organic way akin to how nature works.

The algorithms are not shown. Nevertheless I imagine the modeling unit (an octopus was used in the attached video) as a mouse location whose movement is directed by the designers hand but also constrained by the virtual model’s proportions.

The organic flowing movement that is captured – frozen in time – in the printed artifact reflects MADLAB’s successful and seemless interaction between the physical and virtual worlds (MADLAB.CC, 2016).

 

References:

MADLAB.CC. (2016). Reverberating across the divide. Retrieved 9 13, 2016, from MADLAB.CC: http://www.madlab.cc/reverberating-across-the-divide/