Computational Chiseling
Carving digital stone based on motion
Computational Chiseling draws inspiration from the ancient art of stone carving. This interactive experience allows participants to engage in a digital form of sculpting by translating their physical movements into a digital process of formal subtraction. Using boolean operations, the project captures each participant's gestures, and interprets them as the interaction of a chisel to create a sculpture.
As participants move, their actions are recorded and processed through computation, creating a dynamic exchange between the physical and digital realms. This not only emphasizes the creative potential of movement but also highlights the concept of transformation in digital art.
Through this experience, participants become both artists and subjects, as their movements are recorded as point coordinates with Rhino 3d. A parametric chisel is applied to these points. the difference between the original solid form which represent "rock" is subtracted to shape the digital form. Ultimately, Computational Chiseling bridges the gap between a conventional process and modern technology, for new forms of artistic expression.