connectivity

The Connectivity Project is a collaborative venture involving Grays School of Art, Aberdeen and the <make> research centre at Exeter School of Art.
The projects main aim is to establish an online community of creative makers who use computer modeling and rapid prototyping to develop ideas and creative outputs.

The first exhibition of work resulting from the connectivity project was shown during the Challenging Crafts conference, held at Grays School of Art in September 2004.
16 makers from around the world contributed to the exhibition by submitting 3D computer generated objects via attached files to emails. The objects were then realized through the FDM (fused deposition modeling) rapid prototyping method.

The only constrains for the files was that the object(s) had to fit in a 125 mm square envelope during the rapid prototyping (RP) building, and that a minimum of two connection point for small magnets were incorporated into the design.
The concept of the magnet connection points was to enable audience participation during the exhibition by allowing viewers to physically connect and arrange the pieces to their preferences.

the pieces