SPLICER / EVERYTHING BECOMES TRANSPARENT, Sensor Carriage, 2023 - 2025
Pigment Print of Rendering, 22 × 27.5 cm, 3D Print
Series of 9 works
This work reflects on a profound shift in how objects come into being.
Developed in parallel with the construction of the Camera Module v2,
it draws on the iterative process of designing, 3D printing, testing,
and revising machine components, using tools and techniques that,
until recently, were confined to industrial contexts. What once
required specialized training, proprietary machinery, and institutional
access can now unfold on my desktop.
Built with mostly open-source software and a self-assembled 3D printer,
the parts of Splicer emerged from a cycle of drawing and materialization,
an act of imagining something, constructing its interior virtually, and
making it real. This transformation is not without dependencies: global
supply chains, standardized filaments, and corporate-controlled CAD
platforms still caracterize the process.
In this gesture of iterative making, everything becomes transparent
points to a shift in agency. It suggests a world where tools of
production are no longer opaque or out of reach, but part of a
distributed, open-ended practice, where the boundary between thought
and object collapses into possibility.
