In this digital series I looked to explore the play between information and knowledge by converting 11th and 12th century medieval manuscripts into 3D models. I imagine the wiry shapes of my 3D models as a bird’s eye view of landscapes that the manuscripts tell tales of journing through, like the adventures in Arthurian Legend. These topographical maps of information exist somewhere between the old and the new as the stories the manuscripts told are lost amongst the points of data used in the algorithms that make up these models.
These works are printed directly onto Dibond, a lightweight aluminum surface with polyurethane core. Its double black background and bare aluminum in lieu of white produce a rich, flickering effect that changes with your relative position. In my work I look to push conventional artistic practices with technologies such as laser etching and 3D modeling to explore the collision of virtual and real space, in this case the technologies medieval priests employed (ink, velum, and gold leaf) are interpreted by contemporary 3D visualizations and composite materials.
