Information
Uršula Berlot >
»OBSERVATORY: MAGNETIC FLUID«, 2014 - 2016
Co-Workers & Funding:
Scanner – Robin Rimbaud (sound)Mike Calvino (3D digital modelling), ElektroNeon Vovk, 3D-ata (3D print), MOL City of Ljubljana, Ljubljana Castle
Sound-kinetic diorama
exterior: acrylic object in crystalloid like form; interior: relief (3D print), turntable, light, sound
dim: 110 x 60 x 60 cm
Technology
Method
Laser cut technology, 3D digital modelling, 3D print, light, turntable, loudspeaker
Descriptions & Essays
Uršula Berlot 20-04-2020
A miniature silver landscape in motion that can be viewed through the observation perforation in the surface of a cristal-like object is based on the photographs of magnetic fluids that served as the basis for digital model development and the resulting 3D printed reliefs. In the act of viewing the framed panorama in the static position, the viewer loses a sense of scale; the tiny spiked structures of the kinetic surface take on the appearance of the surface topography of some distant planet. Dematerialized by its own reflections, the artificial landscape blurs the distinction between the real and the virtual. Simulacra of the natural metaphorically mediate the idea of nature as a projection, one that mirrors our own projections and perceptions. – Uršula Berlot, 2016
Uršula Berlot: OBSERVATORY: MAGNETIC FLUID, 20-04-2020, in: Archive of Digital Art A miniature silver landscape in motion that can be viewed through the observation perforation in the surface of a cristal-like object is based on the photographs of magnetic fluids that served as the basis for digital model development and the resulting 3D printed reliefs. In the act of viewing the framed panorama in the static position, the viewer loses a sense of scale; the tiny spiked structures of the kinetic surface take on the appearance of the surface topography of some distant planet. Dematerialized by its own reflections, the artificial landscape blurs the distinction between the real and the virtual. Simulacra of the natural metaphorically mediate the idea of nature as a projection, one that mirrors our own projections and perceptions. – Uršula Berlot, 2016
Literature
Aleš Vaupotič. »The integration of Nanotechnology Research in Fine Art: Polymorphic Impression of Uršula Berlot.« Likovne besede/Art Words. Ljubljana: ZDSLU 105 (2017).
Exhibitions & Events
2018
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