Watertight

self initiated 3D printed portrait series
Date November 2017
Platforms
Installation
Technologies
3D printing, 3D scanning
Project Website

Over the past 50 years, the number of people in the average household has fallen drastically. For the first time in Western world history, the one-person household has become a dominant mode of living. In Manhattan, more than half of all homes have one occupant. For Watertight,we documented 12 NewYorkers and their home interiors with a 3D scanner. We used the Skanect software’s “watertight” function and a 3D printer to create a series of miniature portraits—egg-shaped sculptures the size of a hand. The series of portraits offers a cross-section of a contemporary demographic phenomenon, a form of present-day archaeology.

Credits

Created with Caitlin Robinson
3D Printing: Laguardia Studio, NYU
Illustrations: Emily Bell Dinan

Showcased at

IDFA Doc Lab
Gadynia Design Days
Print Screen

Supported By

Google Research – Experiments in Storytelling grant
NYU TISCH and the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television
Pioneer Works
Print Screen festival

Press

Designboom
Calcalist