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Buffalo Bayou Collection
Buffalo Bayou Collection
Houston, TX, 2019-21
(top left) Ibises, 2021, 16x11x4 inches, 3-D printed PLA bioplastic with pigmented powder coat, found bayou sediment
Originally scanned at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, the fauna collection includes 3-D printed objects and moving images. The 3-D prints carry sediment from the bayou. Similar to urns, they hold the remains of an ecosystem. Through the scanning software, the moving images become abstracted, plasticized. These digital objects inhabit a virtual space far removed from the original’s habitat.
Fauna, 2021, HD video (web version)