Art of the Moment: 3D Scanning, Digital Media and Meaning Through Making

This project explores New Media art, specifically, the relationship this art form has with technology. As well as the influence this combination has on the engagement, production and conservation of the digital and visual arts. The upsurge of digital technologies in the twenty-first century is accompanied by many achievements in the advancement of digital media while also challenging its preservation. With the utilization of 3D Scanning and Modeling software, a half digital and physical art piece was created in the hopes of better understanding the complex relationship artwork takes on when built and presented within hybrid spaces. The idea behind this is to suggest and explore preservation methods through these technologies and to offer opportunities to create and prevent artworks from being lost to time and the increasingly obsolescent technologies.