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cnc plasma cut 16ga steel, stainless steel bolts and nuts, frosted green-tinted acrylic, light fixtures, led lightbulbs, 3D printed pla brackets, electricity
dimensions: approx. 36” x 36” x 24”
interstice explores the intersection of parametric design and digital fabrication techniques. the chamfered dodecahedron form is parametrically derived from rhino+grasshopper, from which the surfaces of resulting lofted cell-forms were deconstructed and unrolled, while fabrication tabs and material offsets were added in extensive drafting. the fabrication file was prepared using Fusion360 and sent to the cnc plasma cutter. custom 3D printed pla brackets hold interior sconces in place at appropriate angles, giving the internal structure flexibility to diminish the chance of breakage during transport. light diffuser panels were laser-cut from .125” green tinted acrylic that was hand-frosted and fitted.
intensive design and fabrication techniques are necessary prerequisites to ‘unlock’ these types of forms, offering them the possibility of existence and channeling them into reality. interstice is one such form - a monad (an always-pre-existing concept ‘waiting in the wings’ to be uncovered and realized) that has used myself and the complex technological assemblage within which I am entangled to usher itself into reality. this monad appeared to me in a vision; a mere fragment of a larger whole, incomprehensibly complex geometries that tumble and click, snapping and locking into place “like gears inside the head of some omniscient engineer” (Smells Like Content by The Books).
at times, I felt compelled to bring this form into being in ways that directly contradicted my own self-interest: in terms of time, expense, and effort, not to mention the nicks and scratches that working with plasma cut steel entails, which by the end of creating six cells, had left unsightly scars on my hands. however, I was no longer cooking - rather, the possibility of existence was so seductive that interstice, in its birth phase, wore my body as its vehicle, directing my actions towards its creation, much as Ophiocordyceps unilateralis ‘wears’ the bodies of ants during one phase of its reproductive cycle (Entangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake). this experience was, needless to say, unsettling, and underscored the importance of understanding technology’s role in both ‘opening up’ and ‘closing off’ potential avenues of action, coming to structure our understanding of everything from possible futures to the nature of truth itself (We Have Never Been Modern, Bruno Latour).
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