Above the Ground at Untitled Art Fair

Above the Ground is a sculptural seating installation that explores the connection and craft between the natural, artificial, and digital. Drawings and paintings from photographs of plant species inform the integrated cuts, etchings, and sculptural forms. 3D-printed renewable PLA vessels are camouflaged as organic forms filled with soil posing the question of how human beings can coexist with nature while adapting to new mediums of evolution.

Keywords

Robotic 3D printing, laser cutting, pallete extruder

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Credits

In collaboration with Joyce Billet and Center for Subtropical Affairs

Supported by Villa Albertine

Project coordination and technical assistance: Biayna Bogosian (RDF Associate Director), Colin Mele (RDF Student Researcher) 

Robotic 3D Printing and consulting: Luis Pacheco (RDF Roboticist) , Bhavleen Kaur (FIU DDes Candidate) 

Rendering and Representation: Natalia Castello, Lilyana Schilling, Vanessa Pierre Louis

FAB LAB

CNC Fabrication: Marcelo Ertorteguy (Lab Director)

FabLab Students Researchers: Samuel Hurtado, Tyler Oviedo, Farah Brown, Giorgio Della Grazia

Acknowledgments

Year

 2022