Assignment #3 [MESH MASHUP: SELECTION AND REFINEMENT]

[03.) MESH MASHUP: SELECTION AND REFINEMENT]

 

Hello, 

For the third assignment, I have decided to use my sculpture mashup. I was not able to attend the class that week and sadly was not able to receive any feedback. The concept for this mash-up was the phrase the world does not revolve around you with this idea I thought it would be interesting to explore the relationship that humans have with the earth.  

Personally, I am a big fan of remix and read/write culture. As an artist originally plays a huge role, but we cannot disregard the origins and inspirations of all things created. One of my favorite quotes is nothing is original, the quote means to express that all ideas/ creations come from something preexisting, therefore nothing is original.

This project relates to Remix culture as we are taking existing models from a source (Thingiverse) and are using those objects to create our own mashup creations. The mashup I created takes from two different sources and creates a sculpture that plays on the idea of humans and their position on the planet earth. In my sculpture mashup, you can see that the scale of the humanoid figures and the earth are quite similar, this is to play on the fact that humans have advanced to the point where they are equal to the earth, as we do not conform to the will of nature. By equals, I mean to point out that we are quite literally molding/destroying the earth to fit our needs. 

   

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2242946/files

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:91245/files