Mortifications are a series of heavy plastic figurines output from a Rapid Prototype machine. Individual 3D computer models are produced via a process normal to industrial manufacturing. In the Mortifications, a realistic model of a nude is digitally "mutilated" and subjected to irregular and apparently organic deformations. By creating forms that evoke decay out of non-biodegradable ABS plastic, using a process intended to produce prototypes for mass production, the Mortifications propose a digital Baroque. Related to the intentions of the historical Baroque, the emotionally expressive, personal style of this imagery is intended to breathe irregularity and life into a conformist techno/consumer culture.
- Materials
- Rapid-Prototype printed sculpture, ABS solid core plastic, wooden pedestal
- Size
- 6 × 10 × 5 in | 15.2 × 25.4 × 12.7 cm
- Rarity
- Medium
- Series
- Mortifications
Mortification 03, 2007-2008
Mortifications are a series of heavy plastic figurines output from a Rapid Prototype machine. Individual 3D computer models are produced via a process normal to industrial manufacturing. In the Mortifications, a realistic model of a nude is digitally "mutilated" and subjected to irregular and apparently organic deformations. By creating forms that evoke decay out of non-biodegradable ABS plastic, using a process intended to produce prototypes for mass production, the Mortifications propose a digital Baroque. Related to the intentions of the historical Baroque, the emotionally expressive, personal style of this imagery is intended to breathe irregularity and life into a conformist techno/consumer culture.
- Materials
- Rapid-Prototype printed sculpture, ABS solid core plastic, wooden pedestal
- Size
- 6 × 10 × 5 in | 15.2 × 25.4 × 12.7 cm
- Rarity
- Medium
- Series
- Mortifications

