David Lisser

Flowers, trees and other aspects of the natural world are 3D scannedand processed in a custom-built script that runs a fluid-simulationover every point, subsequently the point-clouds slowly but surelydissolve and drift away.These works are a reflection on permanence anddecay in a digital-world.

Surface Tension is a series of works that act as contemporarystill-lives.Flowers, trees and other aspects of the natural world are3D scanned and processed in a custom-built script that runs afluid-simulation over every point, subsequently the point-cloudsslowly but surely dissolve and drift away.These works are a reflectionon permanence and decay in a digital-world.

This is a new addition to the ongoing Surface Tension series, whichuses photogrammetry, pointclouds & fluid simulations to reflect onpermanence and decay in a digital-world.

Face of UniverseI found this flower in a residential area while I wasin Kosice, Slovakia, as part of the CIKE (Creative Industrie Kosice)and EMAP (European Media Art Platform) residency program. The floweris transformed by A.I. into a 100-year-old painting technique, and theflower's cells fall to the earth in entropy. Through this process, theplant becomes a symbol in the history of ecosystems, civilizations,and technology.