SUN 26
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showcase & brunch contribution
all printers are beautyful! which one is yours?
13:00–15:00
w/ PrePostPrint Participants
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Kulturverein zur Schießhalle
Waldeggstraße 116, 4020 Linz
A showcase of self-built printer projects
Water Printer
The Kalkulator V.1 (2022) is a self-built water printer. It works by placing droplets of water onto a heated bed. The water can come from either the artist’s household tap or a nearby natural water source. However, some water sources, like those containing high levels of minerals such as calcium and magnesium, tend to leave a powdery white residue when they evaporate. The Kalkulator was made as an artistic tool for research purposes.
The Kalkulator is a computerized numerically controlled (CNC) machine, based on the same principles as a 3D printer. Its precision sets it apart from the unpredictable and chaotic nature of water, which creates a contrast between the controlled and uncontrollable forces.
Fabric Printer
This artwork features an embroidery machine that is similar to those used in mass-manufacturing warehouses. The use of open-source technologies by artists emphasizes their ideas and intentions. All the components, systems, and software used in this project are from existing open-source projects. Therefore, it is not solely the artist’s creativity that contributed to this artwork but rather the collective efforts of the community. The CNC Punch Needle Machine MK-1 is capable of “punching” a small length of thread into a stretched canvas, and, dot by dot, it “prints” out texts or images.
Pancake Printer
The Paste Extruder 2.1 is a highly adaptable 3D printer that can be mounted on any existing 3D printer and can handle viscous materials. During the D*sign Week presentations, the printer will offer sweet and edible prints to those who attend the Sunday brunch.
Hess
Hess (1991) is an object-oriented artist and designer from South Korea.
With a focus on modern machines and their influence on current cultures and communities, he likes to dabble with speculative designs supported by artistic research and playful reasoning.
Having studied Industrial Design(BDes) at NCAD Dublin, and Interface Culture(MA) programme in Kunstuni Linz, he is currently based in Linz, Austria.