Quantum Digital Fabrication

Catalog description

This course will explore techniques of sculptural fabrication through the lens of quantum materialism. We will study digital fabrication tools from the perspective of phenomenology, considering the emergence of technology within the realm of deep time and quantum physics. Pulling from the philosophy of technology, the course will situate materiality at the subatomic level and complicate the line between the organic and the machinic. We will reflect on how the tools and techniques of digital sculpture themselves contribute to conceptual meaning within works of art. The course will introduce core Rhino modeling skills for first-time students and strengthen modeling techniques for students with more experience. Artists and thinkers such as Albert Samreth, Ralph Lemon, Charles Tonderai Mudede, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, American Artist, Robert Barry, Tavares Strachan, and Alice Aycock will complement our explorations. Elements