Materializing the Postdigital

The MAD Museum of Architecture & Design's 'Out of Hand: Materializing the Postdigital' explores the many areas of 21st-century creativity made possible by advanced digital fabrication methods. Working to express the disruption and atmosphere of scaleless space, a characteristic of virtual environments, the exhibition was rendered black and lighted in a moody dreamlike manner. Ephemeral flat-pack acrylic platforms and black lacquer were the only additions to the restrained palette of this technologically exuberant exhibition, with over 80 works from multiple disciplines including, sculpture, decorative arts, and wearables, and representing fabrication techniques including 3D printing, CNC (computer-numerically-controlled) machining, and digital knitting. In today's postdigital world, artists use these means to achieve levels of expression never before possible – an explosive, unprecedented scope of artistic expression that extends from sculptural fantasy to functional beauty. Out of Hand was the first major museum exhibition to examine this interdisciplinary trend through the pioneering works of international artists, architects, and designers, including Ron Arad, Barry X Ball, Zaha Hadid, Stephen Jones, Anish Kapoor Allan McCollum, Marc Newson, and Roxy Paine.

From

2013 to 2013

Location

Columbus Cir, New York NY

Project Team

Adam Rolston, Drew Stuart, Gabriel Benroth, Louisa B Revitte, and Sheena C Murphy

Services

Exhibition Design

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