UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The HUB-Robeson Galleries presents "Over & Over Again," an exhibition of 3D-printed sculptures and projects by Penn State faculty José Pinto Duarte, Tom Lauerman, Shadi Nazarian and Rebecca Strzelec, alongside some industry projects by the Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D).
The works on view highlight the artists' commitment to working in innovative technologies, encountering new possibilities and reimagining objects.
The exhibition will run from July 22 to Sept. 4 in the HUB Gallery in the HUB-Robeson Center. All are welcome to a celebratory reception on Aug. 31, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., to meet the artists and researchers behind the 3D-printed work in the exhibition.
The first documented iterations of 3D printing trace back to the early 1980s, but the first practice of building through placing line on top of line is found in ceramic’s coil building technique as early as 6000 BC. Through new digital technologies artists and manufacturers can model objects in software programs. Then by using g-code, conducting test prints and adjusting calibration settings, they print objects by depositing layer on top of layer until the form is complete.
About the artists and projects on view
Selections from “From Earth to Mars and Back,” organized by College of Arts and Architecture faculty members José Pinto Duarte, Stuckeman Chair in Design Innovation and director of the Stuckeman Center for Design Computing, and Shadi Nazarian, associate research professor of architecture in the Stuckeman School, shares the duo's research within the Additive Construction Lab, housed in the Civil Infrastructure Testing and Evaluation Laboratory, which focuses on using 3D printing at the construction scale to create sustainable housing options that could revolutionize the construction industry and address larger societal issues, such as homelessness. The works on view were selected by Julio Diarte, adjunct lecturer of architecture and a 2020 alumnus of the architecture doctoral program.
Tom Lauerman works within the overlap of sculpture, craft, and design. His objects, drawings and installations explore the emotional capacities of constructed spaces as a visual, tactile and visceral experience. In the studio, Lauerman seeks to synthesize digital fabrication strategies and traditional craft techniques. Lauerman is assistant professor of studio art/ceramics/digital design at Penn State’s School of Visual Arts.
Rebecca Strzelec, distinguished professor of visual arts and program coordinator of visual art studies at Penn State Altoona, earned her bachelor of fine arts in 2000 and master of fine arts in 2002 from Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Metals/Jewelry/CAD–CAM. Her work consists of wearable objects, which are created via computer-aided design, three-dimensional modeling, and 3D printing. Strzelec is a Penn State Alumni Teaching Fellow and the 2016-2017 Penn State Laureate.
CIMP-3D provides world-class capabilities and facilities in additive manufacturing technology for the benefit of a broad range of government and industrial sponsorship. The new Additive Manufacturing Demonstration Facility is installed within Building 230 at Innovation Park on the University Park campus.
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