Brief biog
Bruce Gernand has been working with digital modelling for about ten years starting with a major commission for the Cass Sculpture Foundation, realizing one of the largest digital castings to date. His concern is to ground the digital in material production. Gernand is currently Research Fellow at Central St Martins College of Art, where he was previously Head of sculpture.
As Medusa
2008
bronze
30cm (height) x 26cm x 23cm
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- Bruce Dreams the Tortoise and Hare
- 2008
- bronze
- 30cm (height) x 39cm x 28cm
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Interview
Click below for an interview conducted by Barbara Rauch, discussing Bruce’s work for this project
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Video
Bruce Gernand talks about his work:
Bruce Gernard Talk – Close to the surface: Digital Presence from FADE research on Vimeo.
This talk is from the symposium held by FADE (Fine Art Digital Environment) at the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art) London. In this talk Bruce discusses the use of digital processes in his practice.
This talk was presented on the 4th of November 2008.
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Gallery
This is a gallery of images showing the processes involved in this work.
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Acknowledgements:
Technical support from John Nicoll at Chelsea College of Art and Design, Foundry, and Ben Knezevic at Rapid Prototype Laser Cutting Lab at Central Saint Martins, and Angie Geary for 3D laser-scanning.
