North America's definitive Additive Manufacturing Exposition and Conference, RAPID 2013, will take place in Pittsburgh, PA, from June 10th-13th.
There will be an Opening Reception on the first night of the event at the Andy Warhol Museum from 17:30 - 22:00, sponsored by Belgian-based pioneer in additive manufacturing Materialise.
The Reception will include refreshments and offer networking opportunities for RAPID attendees.
Furthermore, Curator and Creative Director of Moss Bureau in New York, Murray Moss, will present Factory 2:0 - a series of installations in various locations within the Museum. These will illuminate the RAPID-ly evolving relationship between art and additive manufacturing, concentrating on innovations that are changing how visual art is conceived and made - innovations which, fittingly, Andy Warhol prolifically and expertly contributed to.
In keeping with the themes of celebrity, voyeurism and detachment so often used in the post-modernism legend's work, the Main Gallery of the venue will feature two suspended 3D-printed interpretations of Warhol's Fright Wig in pink and blue, interpreted by Materialise in translucent resin. The pieces have been created using Mammoth Stereolithography technology.
It is assumed that Warhol would approve, as the artist once said "... I love plastic, I want to be plastic".
The museum's famous Time Line Gallery will feature a second installation created especially for RAPID 2013 - a series of four statues conceived by renowned British milliner Stephen Jones.
In his piece The Four Continents, Jones, like Warhol, creates an allegorical self-portrait, representing his global identity - something Warhol also sought to achieve through art.
These are just some examples of the numerous 3D-printed interpretations by multiple artists at the show, marking an auspicious opening night for the much-anticipated RAPID event.
