Andrew Reach

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My 3d Printed Sculpture ESCAPE HASH is being shown at Touchstone Gallery in Washington DC in the exhibition SEQUENCE. The exhibition opens January 12 and the opening reception is January 21. https://www.touchstonegallery.com/sequence

This sculpture was originally created when I was commissioned by the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve to make a tactile touchable artwork for the visually impaired for the exhibition W/O Limits: Art, Chronic Illness & Disability.
Click here to read more about the creation of this sculpture.

About the exhibition:
Art can be created with order or disorder; a plan or in chaos. Technology-based art can embrace or ignore process in new and intriguing methods. SEQUENCE at Touchstone Gallery was an international open call which invited artists to submit works created with, or influenced by, technology. The resulting exhibition includes a gallery show, a virtual show, and a series of performances featuring 44 artists from 14 states (plus the District of Columbia), Scotland, and Japan.

SEQUENCE Jurors:
Maleke Glee, Director of Art + Programming STABLE
Lauren Leving, Curator at Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
Roddy Schrock, Executive Director, Eyebeam

Featured Artists: Atinuke Adeleke, Erin Austin, Annemarie Baldauf, Jenny E. Balisle, Alexandra Basford, Sophy Bevan, Robin Bell, Kimberly Callas, Ceci Cole McInturff, Chris Combs, Gary Duehr, Mat Duncan, Pam Eichner, Lucia Enriquez, Erin McGee Ferrell, Jayne Gaskins, Julia Gutman, A.D. Herzel, Homosocial, Felicia Jordan, Toby Kaufmann-Buhler, Wobbe F. Koning, May-Mei Lee, Gregory Little, K J May, Jeffrey Mumford, Jeremy Newman, Mary . Noosh, Izzy Osborn, Julia Paul, Adam Porter, Andrew Reach, Michelle Robinson, Dave Ryan, Steve Ryan, Lucia Sheppard, Ann Stoddard, Bill Tavis, Erin Harper Vernon, Gaylia Wagner, Andrew Wharton, Seitaro Yamazaki, and Drew Zimmerman.

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These pieces are a continuation of the QUADRABAR 3D Derivative series. It is derived from a 3d model of multi-colored cubes intersected by multi-colored bars. The cubes shift up and down forming a kind of implied geographic terrain. QUADRABAR II and QUADRABAR III are derived from the same 3d model as QUADRABAR I.

Though they are derived from the same 3d model as QUADRABAR I, QUADRABAR II and QUADRABAR III look totally different. They look different because the 3d model has been re-oriented.

For QUADRABAR II, the 3d model is rotated 90 degrees in the vertical position and the camera is positioned to view it from the side at an oblique angle. In this view the bars are oriented horizontally and you see the shifting of the cubes with their intersecting bars making for an implied serpentine curve. Because the view is at an oblique angle, you see the cubes and bars compressed, thus compressing the colors, making for a totally different tapestry than QUADRABAR I.

For QUADRABAR III, the orientation of the 3d model for QUADRABAR II is further re-oriented by another 90 degree rotation sideways so that the bars are oriented vertically. In this view you see the ends of the shifting cubes again making for an implied serpentine curve. Similar to QUADRABAR I, the camera is positioned to view it from the side at an oblique angle compressing the view of the bars and making for a entirely different tapestry than QUADRABAR II.

Click here to see my post about QUADRABAR I

Click here to see a fly around animation of the 3D model and to read more about the 3D Derivative process.

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