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34. What does the term ‘3D computer technologies’ mean to you?
3D modelling programmes and related physical development processes, such as
RP and CNC.
35. Name up to 5 practitioners that you would identify as exemplary
users of 3D computer technologies.
Thomas Heatherwick, Frank Gehry, Jane Harris, Kenji Toki, Ron Arad.
36. In terms of discipline where do you do you locate your practice?
Hybrid practice or digital craftsmanship but using digital tools.
37. How would you identify the community of practice or discipline
that you most closely relate to?
It’s a hybrid practice but one which is based in knowledge material with
material outcomes. A hybrid practice between digital and physical.
38. How would you define the relationship between your work and
its audience?
The reason for working with digital media is because it’s current - it’s
contemporary. Its part of our society anything that is information technology in
our post-industrial society I think it’s really important for creative practitioners
whether they make stuff or just have a media-based output to be relevant. I
think that we should engage with the tools of the time of the issues of the time
that’s why I am interested in the digital media - I hope to be relevant. I think
that is the key thing that I hope to communicate in a contemporary context.
39 & 40. Do you think there is a trend towards an emerging, hybrid
discipline? If so, what role if any does technology play in this?
It is about finding the creative practices of today and tomorrow and the tools
that we use they are hugely important. They determine a lot about what the
pieces are like and that’s the reason we use them.
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