Understanding by experimenting
Creative experiments with materials and tools
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3D scanning in the dark
My experimentation with infrared scanners in the dark with human subjects has opened a whole other experiential aspect of creating art.
LiDAR technology requires even lighting to best capture volume, by capturing in the dark I have leveled the lighting - by removing it.
We are in the dark together and your 3D scans are interactive creating space for interpretation and meaning making as we compose in 360.
Creating portraits with abstraction and anonymity that photography often does not offer, lowers the stakes to view our bodies as vessels, landscapes, and more.
Sculpting in impossible materials
My experiments with generative artificial intelligence involve working with my own volumetric data of real human subjects who I know and have captured with my 3D scanner, and imagining the sculpture of your body rendered in materials that resonate with your personal story.
I create with ai tools that reference my own artwork and my own resource images (textures and materials I have touched with my hands), which frees up my imagination to render sculpture in materials that are impossible, beyond budget or beyond my current skill set.
Ghost Portraits
In this experiment I invite you to close your eyes and think of someone you care about who has died as I 3D scan you.
Using a touch interface iPad and looking at a 3D model of yourself from many different points of view opens up perspectives, many stories and memories.
Together we compose a final portrait through the eyes and perspective of the person who has died and what they loved about you. A ‘ghost portrait’.