Ēlektōr Lithophanes - Installation
Ēlektōr is an ongoing series experimenting with technologies, materials and mythological narratives of the past and present. Reinterpreting 19th-century porcelain litophanes, 3D-printed lithophanes provide a way to rematerialise digital drawing.
The use of lithophanes is informed by Media Archaeology and attempts to bring this rarely used medium into the realm of Contemporary Art. The biodegradable PLA filament is combined with moulded natural pine resin. Its fossiled form is amber, that ancient Greeks called ēlektōr, from which derives our word for electricity. Backlit with inbuilt LED lights, the artworks evoke an alluring glow reminiscent of either a burning fire or a digital screen.