Ashley Zelinskie’s world where things made of code are made of things are made with code….
C0DE DENS1TY is a collaborative, multi-media show presented by Lightbox, a gallery Space in New York City from July 23- 26. The show highlights work by Shapeways community member Ashley Zelinskie. Zelinskie creates sculpture which are made of numbers drawn from the code of the design file itself. Her work explores the process by which the objects are transformed from numerical data into physical objects through digital fabrication. The code that defines and creates the object becomes part of its physical manifestation…
…its a pretty mind-blowing concept.
The show itself is an immersive experience bringing viewers into the brackish waters of technology and art. Sparse, geometric objects ranging from monumental to palm-sized are displayed throughout the space, while nearly every inch of wall is used for a projected video that loops geometric imagery as it builds to a frantic pace and glitches out into nothingness. On the second story loft area a small 3D printer farm reproduces miniatures of the work.
Faces made of 3D printed plastic are part of the show’s vocabulary as well. An interactive piece has several white masks displayed with light projected onto them. Visitors are encouraged to touch the masks, and doing so causes the projection to animate boxes emitting out as if from underneath them.
One of the most interesting pieces is also the most personal. A 3D printed portrait of Zelinskie created with 3D scanning, the surface is constructed from a representation of a portion of her own DNA.
Zelinskie’s futurist universe invites the viewer to both question how the objects are made and the implications of a world where data and matter can become interchangeable. Far from a dry series of formulae simplified beyond human comprehension, the vision of the Singularity posited by C0de Dens1ty is like stepping into a thunderstorm of information.
Photos: by Ashley Zelinskie.