Denis Fras, Stevan Čukalac:
3D tehnologije / 3D Technologies
13. – 14. 11. 2017
ACE KIBLA

3D technologies are entering our daily lives at an ever-increasing pace. They are used in the fields of art, design, health care, the automotive industry… Slowly but certainly, we are starting to exploit the potential offered by 3D printers, modelers and scanners.

Participants in this workshop will be able to use a 3D scanner to scan their faces, process the scans using Maya software, and apply them onto “migrant” figurines. The reference to migrants is, of course, symbolic: in a way, we are all migrants; our ancestors have inhabited these places centuries ago, as the Slavic peoples left the Carpathians and set out to what is known today as Europe.

The modeled figurine will be printed using a 3D printer. A map of the world will be placed on a table, with crisis areas marked by different colors according to some of historically most problematic issues (war zones, social differences, economic differences, etc.). Data will be collected from various resources. Participants will use their figurines to mark migration flows on the map.

Denis Fras (1980) has been fascinated by 3D environments used in computer games since he was a child, a passion that has stayed with him to this day, which is why he continues to follow the developments in this field, include them in his classes, and pursue non-formal education in this area. He graduated in Media Communications from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in Maribor. After a short period of freelancing as a computer engineer, his focus turned to graphic design. Since 2010 he has been teaching that subject at the Secondary School of Design in Maribor.

Stevan Čukalac (1980) holds a BA degree from the Faculty of Education in Maribor and a MA degree from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. He has participated in various exhibitions and projects from the wider field of graphic design. He works at the Secondary School of Design in Maribor, where he teaches drawing, art history, and photography.