Virtual Shadows (2021)

Presented at the Glassbox Gallery in October 2021

Virtual Shadows deals with objecthood as it relates to computer vision and virtual experience. How does an object's virtual impression relate to the original, and what is lost in an object’s simulation? 

A rock and a log have been carefully digitized and recreated, a process that reconsiders these ancient tools within the language of contemporary technology. The exhibition features these two originals alongside their 3D printed ‘shadows’. Images are also presented, revealing the sites these objects were extracted from. This extraction occurred both literally and digitally, through the process of photogrammetry. Large prints offer insight into a computer's understanding of these objects, mapping the 3D objects within flat space. Digitally rendered prints display simulated sculptures developed using virtual objects, mass producing copies of unique natural objects.