Below is a screenshot of my Rhino buildup of the Roberto Clemente Bridge in Pittsburgh, and then below that, a rendering. I would be interested in finding out if something like that could be printed using a 3D printer.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Video "Artist": Richard Linklater
Assignment #24: Research an artist who uses video creatively and write a blog entry about it.
Richard Linklater is a film director and screenwriter who has directed two films that use digital film that is then animated over using interpolated rotoscope. These two films, "A Scanner Darkly" and "Waking Life" feature live actors, such as Ethan Hawke and Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves, but are drawn over by a team of artists on each frame on the computer (rather than traced on a light box).
The aesthetics work very successfully in both films, in my opinion. "A Scanner Darkly" is a science fiction about identity and deception in a time period of a drug addiction epidemic - with both the drug and identity themes already blurred, the animated quality is rather fitting. Similarly, "Waking Life" is a philosophical film about dreams, consciousness, and existentialism. Again, due to the nature of the film's theme, the blurred reality feel is met by the strange animation.
A sort of superbaby between traditional digital filmmaking and animation, these two movies don't require artists to work from scratch, but rather adds on additional work to the already existent digital film. While animation allows artists to explore unrealistic territories in color and shape and dimension, both these films require both a sense of reality and non-reality.
Richard Linklater is a film director and screenwriter who has directed two films that use digital film that is then animated over using interpolated rotoscope. These two films, "A Scanner Darkly" and "Waking Life" feature live actors, such as Ethan Hawke and Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves, but are drawn over by a team of artists on each frame on the computer (rather than traced on a light box).
The aesthetics work very successfully in both films, in my opinion. "A Scanner Darkly" is a science fiction about identity and deception in a time period of a drug addiction epidemic - with both the drug and identity themes already blurred, the animated quality is rather fitting. Similarly, "Waking Life" is a philosophical film about dreams, consciousness, and existentialism. Again, due to the nature of the film's theme, the blurred reality feel is met by the strange animation.
A sort of superbaby between traditional digital filmmaking and animation, these two movies don't require artists to work from scratch, but rather adds on additional work to the already existent digital film. While animation allows artists to explore unrealistic territories in color and shape and dimension, both these films require both a sense of reality and non-reality.
New York Aquarium Video Compliation
Assignment #23: Our next class session will focus on video. As we have spoken in class, there are 2 ways of how you can approach this. The first: Find a video online that you would like to use as your template. Choose a sequence or the entire video and redo it. If you feel comfortable go ahead and create the video. Or just present your idea in next class. The second possibility: Create a video or idea of a video which consists of a single 1 minute shot that you don't have to edit or change. If you feel comfortable with the technology involved, go ahead and create the video. Or just present your idea in our next class.
The New York Aquarium sustained heavy damage during Hurricane Sandy and lost hundreds of fish, and despite immense amounts of volunteer efforts and donations, it will be long before the aquarium will be able to re-open. I made this video from a collection of clips I made during my visits to the aquarium, years before and after the storm, with inspiration from one of my favorite musical artists, Barcelona, whose beautiful music is also feature in another aquarium-related video below:
The New York Aquarium sustained heavy damage during Hurricane Sandy and lost hundreds of fish, and despite immense amounts of volunteer efforts and donations, it will be long before the aquarium will be able to re-open. I made this video from a collection of clips I made during my visits to the aquarium, years before and after the storm, with inspiration from one of my favorite musical artists, Barcelona, whose beautiful music is also feature in another aquarium-related video below:
3D Printing Artist: Olaf Diegel
Assignment #22: Research an artist who uses 3D printing creatively and blog about her/him.
Olaf Diegel is a design engineer and professor of mechtronics at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand. He uses 3D printing to design custom manufactured guitars. The 3D printing technology that is used is called Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) and prints by spreading layers of nylon powder that are approximately 0.1mm each.
Though the rest of the guitar's hardware is just what is normally used in guitars, the 3D printed guitar body is unique since it is not solid or simply with a few holes or shapes. Instead, these 3D guitars take standard body shapes and focuses on the negative spaces created within those standard body shapes.
Olaf Diegel is a design engineer and professor of mechtronics at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand. He uses 3D printing to design custom manufactured guitars. The 3D printing technology that is used is called Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) and prints by spreading layers of nylon powder that are approximately 0.1mm each.
Though the rest of the guitar's hardware is just what is normally used in guitars, the 3D printed guitar body is unique since it is not solid or simply with a few holes or shapes. Instead, these 3D guitars take standard body shapes and focuses on the negative spaces created within those standard body shapes.
Creativity and 3D Printing
Assignment #21: Think of possibilities of what one can do creatively with 3D printing and create a blog entry that focuses on it.
3D printing is a technology that I was first introduced to about 10 years ago, and my ideas now still coincide with my ideas then. I think that there will be a time when 3D printers will become a norm in the American household, where instead of Amazon.com shipping your products, you can buy the "blueprint" of a toy or even more advanced objects and print it. It may or may not be the replacement for teleportation, but I think it's the next closest thing to obtaining products instantly.
In terms of art, when found objects became an integral part of contemporary art, I think printed objects can take over a similar role in the future. There are already so many forms of new media art using technologies to produce pieces, how should 3D printing contribute any differently. While 3D printing artists will need technological skill to produce these objects, the next step to using 3D printing as creative expression is what comes after the printing itself - is it sculpture? is it installation? or something different all together?
3D printing is a technology that I was first introduced to about 10 years ago, and my ideas now still coincide with my ideas then. I think that there will be a time when 3D printers will become a norm in the American household, where instead of Amazon.com shipping your products, you can buy the "blueprint" of a toy or even more advanced objects and print it. It may or may not be the replacement for teleportation, but I think it's the next closest thing to obtaining products instantly.
In terms of art, when found objects became an integral part of contemporary art, I think printed objects can take over a similar role in the future. There are already so many forms of new media art using technologies to produce pieces, how should 3D printing contribute any differently. While 3D printing artists will need technological skill to produce these objects, the next step to using 3D printing as creative expression is what comes after the printing itself - is it sculpture? is it installation? or something different all together?
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