Tobias Klein: Slow Selfie_3.0

Title:

Slow Selfie_3.0

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Creation Year:

2015

Medium:

Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), Polymer, Aluminium Potassium Sulphate, 3D Projection Mapping

Artist Statement:

Slow Selfie_3.0 is a slow growing sculpture that transforms crystal condensation into a three dimensional self portrait. The work uses a chemical conversion similar to analog photography that reduces silver halides into silver metal. The crystalline mask is accompanied by projection mapping that stimulates and affects the activity of the crystals. The work comments on the perpetual relevance of human vanity and the ontemporary obsession with the digital portrait.