Embrace in Progress

source: embraceosalieyu

A series of sculptures that reveal the seemingly interminable feeling of vulnerability brought on by an embrace.
Embrace in Progress explores conflicted feelings of shared intimacy. It is inspired by my research about time, 3D scanning technology, and personal experiences with physical intimacy. The project was inspired by slit-scan photography and uses depth sensors to capture a series of intimate embraces. These 3D printed pieces recreate the act of embracing and are represented in a static form by the flow of movement twisted because of time. The final pieces reference classical sculptural composition while exploring new ways of approaching representation of motion and time.

ARTIST

Rosalie Yu is an interdisciplinary artist and visual designer from Taiwan. Her work seeks to identify and recreate the human connections often overlooked in our daily lives. The cornerstone of Rosalie’s work is the use of emerging photo and 3D technology in capturing portraits of intangible emotions and fleeting moments. In this way, she experiments with the resulting artifacts of information passing through different dimensions and re-appropriates them, giving physicality to the qualities of humanity often untouched. Rosalie’s works have been exhibited at the Queens Museum and New York Hall of Science, and her project was recently featured in the Creators Project and Wired Magazine. A 2015 graduate of the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Rosalie is currently a 2015-16 Research Resident at ITP. She holds a BA in Psychology and Film from UCLA.
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source: itpnyuedu

Embrace in Progress explores conflicted feelings of shared intimacy. It is inspired by personal and cultural experiences where human contact is not commonly practiced in social interaction. The daunting and unfamiliar proximity of being captured in someone’s arms distorts one’s sense of time. The project was inspired by slit-scan photography and uses depth sensors to capture a series of intimate embraces. These 3D printed pieces recreate the act of embracing and are represented in a static form by the flow of movement twisted because of time. The final pieces reference classical sculptural composition while exploring new ways of approaching representation of motion and time.