Date: 2023
Medium: Live 3D printer, Wood, Printed Fabric, Printed Parasol, Metal, Plastic, HDF, Artificial Grass.
Dimensions: 251cm X 207cm X 108cm.
Taking the form of a 19th Century food cart, Hyperspace (2023) is a sculpture about the American landscape which weaves together some social, material, economic and cultural narratives relating to
a substance which uses a vast quantity of agricultural land in the USA. Corn. It features a 3D printer producing the shape of a corn cob live in the gallery. At the speed of one per day, to be precise. This mode of 3D printing uses a plastic called Polylactic Acid (PLA) and is in fact a material derived from corn. The machine is essential returning the material back to its original form, albeit a cartoon
representation. In fact, I based the geometry of the corn shape on two things: an emoji 🌽 and Marge Simpson’s kitchen curtains. The pattern for which is seen on the parasol sheltering the food cart