3D Printing Panel and Roundtable Discussion
New Media Caucus / CAA Chicago 2014
Panel chaired by Rachel Clarke and Tom Burtonwood
(off-site event taking place during CAA but open to the public!)
Columbia College Chicago
Raw Space – Center for Book and Paper Arts
1104 S Wabash.
A massive expansion of 3D printing in the prosumer market has made it possible for artists and designers to use 3D print technologies in their practice. This began with expensive commercial print services where files could be sent out for production — services that expanded due to the availability of a growing variety of printing materials. With the advent of open source 3D printers, such as the RepRap project, the cost of this technology has come down significantly, opening up this sector to makers, hackers, hobbyists and educators. This in turn ignited the explosion of consumer facing brands and systems such as Makerbot, Printrbot and Ultimaker. As the price of printers decreases, many art / technology / new media departments in colleges and Universities have acquired a 3D printer or are planning to purchase one.
This roundtable is an opportunity to explore and discuss the emerging field of 3D printing in the art and technology / studio art context, with particular focus on pedagogy. The concurrent 3D print show, Art2Make at Columbia College’s Center for Book and Paper provides a context for what is possible and how 3D printing is being adopted as a medium.
Panel presenters: Morehshin Allahyari, David Van Ness, Taylor Hokanson, Tom Lauerman, Kristin Mallinger, James Obermeier, Sophie Kahn, Luis Navarro, Andrew F. Scott, Barbara Rauch, and Jason Ferguson.