Messthetics Mendoza, Argentina Messthetics is a project that creates a world from digitally found objects which are scalable and deformable. It contains multiple layers of mapping: Grotesque [Primary: Spatial], Pop [Secondary: Object and Place], Hair [Tertiary: Connective tissue between skins]. Placed inside are the avatars of the sub-conscious of the digitally found world. They work for the building and operate it; they live and die here. When we bring this world into our ordinary physical environment, we perceive a slight shift. Avatars become more human, colors fade, and objects change in their spatial representation. Once an object is moved into a non-ideal reality the materials composing it mold its virtual form into a new physical representation. The object thereby becomes a new thing-in-itself.
Group Project: Ana Munoz and Ryan Manning
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