The Ascent Project imagines how the human hand will evolve in the increasingly digital world. When our devices read our minds we may not need fingers. Now that our tools are changing from mechanical hand-held devices to digital devices that hear our commands and that anticipate our thoughts, we will probably evolve to become a different creature than the “old analog” man.
The Ascent project uses old analog photograms (Camera-less photographs) and 3D printing to imagine how that evolution might happen. The final Ascent art installation will include a life size bronze casting of the artist’s hand, twenty 10″ tall translucent 3D printed sculptures mounted on white danby marble bases, and 180 framed 14″x11″ black and white photograms. Ascent imagines 20 possible ways our hands may evolve as a result of using the technologies of the future. Man descended from apes and now humanity ascends to the digital future!
Backers of The Ascent Project on Kickstarter will receive 3d printed sculptures for their support.
