Troika, In a Forest of Red, Green and Blue (CAS9 and the Swan), 2023

2023

Medium

Fused deposition model and lacquer

Dimensions

50 × 50 cm

Edition

Edition of 3 + 1 AP

Status

In Gallery Collection

Collect24 Art ID

C24-156207

In the series of sculptures ‘I woke up to find myself scattered across continents’ (2023) Troika draw from their collection of digitised sculptures and musea objects gathered from various online libraries. Reminiscent of porcelain, the works "In a forest of red, green and blue" initially appear to be cast from one mold, while closer inspection reveals the layering of 3D printing. The digital twins of ancient, classical and contemporary objects are manipulated in a chain of 3D programs by digitally slicing them into clusters of equal thickness. These clusters are then brought back into the physical world as 3D prints, that are intermixed and reordered to create new configurations of the original objects. The outcome collides traditional depictions and classifications of different epochs, cultural artefacts, belief systems and historical geographies, reinforced by their method of production which uses distributed manufacturing - 3D printing production facilities that are scattered across the globe - to recombine digital fragments of information, drawn across multiple periods, places, collections and contexts. The sculptures are born out of and into a world of hyperdigitalisation and recombinant historical and cultural geographies, in which digital fragments are dispersed around the world like the tattered fragments of a Borgesian 1:1 world map.