The Art Experience-3-D Printing and Digital Art Exhibition

Laura ZdanskiDepartment of English

Technical Communication (MS)

Digitization and Virtual Exhibitions

• Advancements in technology democratize access to art and literature– Wikipedia– Google Books– 3-D Walkthroughs– DH Projects

3-D Rendering and Printing

• 3-D rendering provides sophisticated digitization of sculpture pieces• 3-D Files can be altered, replicated, downloaded, and printed• Provides access to work in a new way

How does the process of art digitization change the experience of interacting with the piece?

What does 3-D rendering and printing contribute to expanding access to art?

August Rodin’s Bronze Casts- Analogue 3-D Printing

• Auguste Rodin- French sculptor and prolific artist whose most famous works include La Porte de L’enfer (The Gates to Hell) and Le Penseur (The Thinker)

• These pieces have been replicated through the process of bronze castings and appear in many museums

• Combined pieces to create new works

The most “valuable” component of the piece is the mold, not the cast.

Rodin’s Use of Modular Elements

The Falling ManJe Suis Belle

(Falling Man + Crouching Woman)

Rodin’s Use of Modular UnitsThe Gates of Hell

The Thinker The Falling Man

Art as Experience, Experience as Memory

• Value placed on experience from the value of memory-making• Viewing art is an experience• The perspective of the experience influences the value placed on the art

Experiential Basis of Memory

Memory

Visual

Kinesthetic

AuditoryTactile

EmotionVirtual Exhibitions

Only Caters to Visual Art

Experience

Experiential Basis of Memory

Memory

Visual

Kinesthetic

AuditoryTactile

Emotion

Other experiences

are of the virtualization,

not the art

3-D- Rendering: Meditation with Arms

3-D Printing Engages Visual, Tactile, Emotional, and Kinesthetic Learning Styles

• Visual display of 3-D rendering• Emotional connection with piece through active manipulation• Tactile component of printed object• Kinesthetic focus on altering and optimizing 3-D rendering

Future Goals for Digitization

• Virtual Reality advancements offer new methods of art digitization• Greater facility with 3-D rendering and interaction• Minimize distracting experiences from virtual exhibitions• Incorporate other exhibition-centered experiential components