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Rosa Weinberg is a design educator and artist based in Massachusetts.



CREATIVE PRACTICE

Attunement
Shimmer
Digital Polished
Breathing
Love is About
Anna’s Delight
Stethosuit
(more)

TEACHING

Beaver Centered Design
Extraordinary Ordinary
User-Centered Design
Juxtapose
Intro to Architecture
Easing Cerebral Palsy
Neighborhood Marvels
(more)

misc.

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DIGITAL HUMANITIES BETWEEN

2014

ROLE

Artist

MATERIALS + METHODS

Python scripting in Rhinocerous, Felt dots

Exhibition

metaLAB as part of openlab_02.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Kathi Bahr

Related projects

3471 dots

For this installation, thousands of 3-inch diameter dots were hand sewn together to form a five foot by ten foot topographical floor covering designed using Python scripting in the computer modeling program Rhinoceros. For the party celebrating the opening of the month-long installation, I wrote an interactive program that allowed gallery visitors to create unique virtual sculptures of their own by inputting words on a computer. Rhinoceros used these words to build the virtual model, which was projected on a nearby wall.

The text for the sculpture itself, "DIGITAL HUMANITIES BETWEEN", was inspired by conversations with members of metaLAB about their research. Derived from the topography of a swelling surface, the form expresses the concept of deformation as a way of magnifying the encoded information; the dot font is present throughout the mat, however the text can only be read where the dots are aggregated vertically.

This installation was made possible through a generous donation of 10mm thick felt circles from FilzFelt, a Boston-based company, founded by designers Kelly Smith and Traci Roloff, that imports and distributes 100% wool German design felt.
 

DIGITAL HUMANITIES BETWEEN

2014

ROLE

Artist

MATERIALS + METHODS

Python scripting in Rhinocerous, Felt dots

Exhibition

metaLAB as part of openlab_02.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Kathi Bahr

Related projects

3471 dots

For this installation, thousands of 3-inch diameter dots were hand sewn together to form a five foot by ten foot topographical floor covering designed using Python scripting in the computer modeling program Rhinoceros. For the party celebrating the opening of the month-long installation, I wrote an interactive program that allowed gallery visitors to create unique virtual sculptures of their own by inputting words on a computer. Rhinoceros used these words to build the virtual model, which was projected on a nearby wall.

The text for the sculpture itself, "DIGITAL HUMANITIES BETWEEN", was inspired by conversations with members of metaLAB about their research. Derived from the topography of a swelling surface, the form expresses the concept of deformation as a way of magnifying the encoded information; the dot font is present throughout the mat, however the text can only be read where the dots are aggregated vertically.

This installation was made possible through a generous donation of 10mm thick felt circles from FilzFelt, a Boston-based company, founded by designers Kelly Smith and Traci Roloff, that imports and distributes 100% wool German design felt.