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News Release from: De Montfort University Leicester
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Engineering and art collide in Leicester
The first ever event in the UK focusing on rapid prototyping in fine art will take place at De Montfort University Leicester this week.
The first ever event in the UK focusing on rapid prototyping in fine art will take place at De Montfort University Leicester this week The symposium, entitled "Tool versus medium: the use of rapid prototyping in contemporary sculpture", is being held on Thursday 16th September
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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It will feature presentations from four international artists who use advanced digital technology: Annie Cattrell, Bruce Gernand, Keith Brown and Roger Clarke.
There will be a keynote paper from Christiane Paul, Curator of Digital Arts at the Whitney Museum, New York, and a panel will be moderated by Heidi Reitmaier from Tate Britain, London.
De Montfort University (DMU) art lecturers Andy Price and Leila Galloway, who have organised the symposium, said it will demonstrate the impact that rapid prototyping has had on contemporary sculpture and explore the unique possibilities that this medium offers.
Galloway said: "The symposium should offer a stimulating overview of current practice and a forum for debate and speculation".
"There will also be an opportunity to tour the excellent facilities for rapid prototyping at the De Montfort University Innovation Centre".
Price said: "Rapid prototyping - the direct production of detailed three-dimensional objects from laser-cured resins and other materials using computer aided design - has emerged as a mainstream tool for designers across diverse fields from engineering to reconstructive surgery".
"Increasingly - and inevitably - this technology is also being assimilated and mutated by a growing number of fine art practitioners".
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