POSTNATURAL HEAD
Postnatural Head emerges from a broader exploration of synthetic, algorithmic erosion - a study inspired by the visual richness and poetic qualities of rock formations, observed across different landscapes: the red deserts of Jordan, the mangrove coastlines of the Philippines, the cliffs of Wales, the Italian Alps.
Natural forces such as wind, water, and heat shape hard materials, deconstructing solid substrates to generate formal articulation. Through this process, matter progressively accumulates information, traces of the forces that acted upon it. It is a strong structural principle – one that lacks a predetermined figure or final form. There is no ideal shape awaiting revelation, only forces at play, indifferent to the outcome of their actions.
Alongside these forces, it is as if another unseen – invisible Time – becomes manifest, revealed through the complex, ever-shifting patterns of erosion and decay.
Alongside these forces, it is as if another unseen – invisible Time – becomes manifest, revealed through the complex, ever-shifting patterns of erosion and decay.
Postnatural Head is generated through an algorithmic simulation of erosion, and consists of approximately forty thousand unique elements, materialised through 3D printing. While their cross-section remains constant, variations in length and displacement follow a complex pattern, whose perception changes significantly depending on the viewer’s angle and position.
The artefact expresses a sense of uncertainty – a vision of the human that is impermanent and unstable. An eroded body, dissolving between digital and material, natural and artificial.
