Informal Circuit3—13 March 2022
Väre/Aalto
Otaniementie 14
02150 EspooIn his book “Beyond Modern Sculpture”, American art critic Jack Burnham proposes to divide modern sculpture into two categories: object and system. According to Burnham, the object relates to sculpture in its traditional physical form. And the system refers to an interacting assembly of varying complexity. Situated beyond the object state, the system assumes some measure of lifelike activity, and operates a reflective gesture on socioeconomic properties of objects.
The object would resemble to a moment of contemplation, where the on-looker appreciate the sculptural time. The system would develop a certain dynamic, or relation between its structural element, or materiality, and the subjectivation of the visitor experiencing the system in the space. These two abstractions found form concretely during the course Digital Sculpture 3, programming for sculptor.
The course advanced in phases in which we collectively learned the basis of motion using electric energy. We visited together how to control this motion both in time and duration, the essential concepts in programming, variables, condition statement, iterations, and the methods to interface the digital processing unit with physical analogue world both in term of inputs and outputs. The following phase introduced the idea of structure. An automated motion can happen only within a fixed framework, a structure to attach parts. This phase requires precision and a clear decision process. The structure works as the foundation of the exhibition building. The synthesis of the two phases produced a collective artwork exhibited in Väre building.
The exhibition attempts to produce a system, reflecting on the course practice, while setting a strong emphasis on the structural work as an object.Artists
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Patrick Bundschuh
Jamie Lin Jiayi
Mika Kiviniemi
Nahyun Kim
Anh Ngo
Colin Meyer
Minna Virkki
Eero Brandt
Zhao Xingrui
Zhou Yunran
Lauri Järvenpää
Aino Ojala
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