Practice question · Select all that apply
Which does digital fabrication actually change about sculptural practice?
Hints
- Three concern iteration and scale; one exempts the object from physics.
- A printed or milled form is still a physical object in a place.
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- A. Trying many variants becomes cheap
- B. A maquette can become a monument by changing a number
- D. A family of related forms can be generated and compared
Why
The fourth is what digital tools conspicuously do not change. A form generated parametrically still has to stand up, survive weather and be judged by eye, which is why the real effect of these tools is on iteration and scale rather than on what is ultimately possible.
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