Previews of generated geometry for installation for “Extrusion” at ROM

Hot on the heels of the Interactive Parametrics workshop I’m now in Oslo working on a solo show that will open March 11 at ROM For Art + Architecture (Oslo). Titled “Extrusion”, the show highlights how my practice has bee evolving to dealing with ways of physically communicating code-based processes beyond the default means of the computer screen or projection.

The show will feature a new version of the light installation Prime, this time realized with fluorescent tubes and DMX lighting control. Other elements include a wall drawing made by retracing projected vectors with painters tape (1.2 km of it), as well CNC plotter and laser drawings (Arc Drawings and a new multi-panel Grid Distortion.)

Finally, I’m building a large geometric structure (see above) using my ModelBuilder library in Processing. The forms are designed to be easy to unwrap to 2D without tesselating polygons. I’m outputting cutting templates as PDF files to be used by the CNC routers. This is a new process for me, despite having followed the success people like Martin Fuchs has had with unwrapping polygon meshes. It allows me to work on a fairly large scale (as in 3 x 3 x 1.5 meters), articulating actual structures rather than representations of structures.

All in all it’s a very exciting show to be working on, and I’m grateful to ROM and its director Henrik der Minassian for supporting all this craziness… If you’re in Oslo next weekend I hope to see you there!

• Extrusion opens Friday March 11, 19:00-21:00
• ROM For Art + Architecture, Maridalsveien 3, Oslo

Previous tape drawing: Exploder at System:System