Digital Artifacts
DIGITAL ARTIFACTS
Advanced 3D scanning technology is used to capture a diverse range of artifacts, from ancient sculptures to objects shaped by contemporary events like the war in Ukraine. This process provides a digital preservation that safeguards not only the physical form of these pieces but also their historical and cultural essence, ensuring accessibility for future generations.
The approach goes beyond technical replication; it serves as a symbolic bridge between past and present. Each scan becomes more than a mere replica, creating a dialogue between the original stories embedded within these artifacts and the new narratives they are invited to join, preserving them in a modern, enduring form.
3D scanning Process
"Each scan becomes more than a mere replica, creating a dialogue between the original stories embedded within these artifacts and the new narratives they are invited to join."
Giuseppe Lo Schiavo, Apollo and the Ocean, 2023
Fine art print on cotton paper
148,5×110 cm, Ed. of 7+2 AP
Two different 3D scans from the original casts of the ancient Chiaramonti Niobid statue from the Statens Museum for Kunst were fused together to create a complete figure.
Giuseppe Lo Schiavo, Niobide, 2022
Fine art print on cotton paper
148,5×110 cm, Ed. of 7+2 AP
Giuseppe Lo Schiavo, Venus A, 2022
Fine art print on cotton paper
67,5×50 cm / 90x120cm, Ed. of 7+2
Giuseppe Lo Schiavo, Venus B, 2022
Fine art print on cotton paper
37,5×50 cm / 90×120 cm Ed. of 7+2 AP
The 3D scan of the Venus Italica
was made from an original cast at the
Statens Museum for Kunst, which was
derived from the original sculpture
in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
The artwork is conceived as
an infographic where approximately
317 plastic water bottles, the number
sold every second in Italy, are scattered
on the surface of the Venus Italica.
In Italy, about 10 billion plastic water bottles are consumed annually. Here’s how many water bottles are sold every second:
1. 10 billion bottles per year:
10 billion ÷ 365 days =27,397,260 bottles per day10 \, \text{billion} \, \div \, 365 \,\text{days} \, = 27,397,260 \, \text{bottles per day}10billion÷365days= 27,397,260 bottles per day
2. Bottles per second:
27,397,260 ÷ 86,400 seconds per day ≈317bottles per second
27,397,260 \, \div \, 86,400\, \text{seconds per day} \, \approx 317 \,
\text{bottles per second}27,397,260÷86,400 seconds per day≈
317 bottles per second
So, approximately 317 plastic water bottles are sold every second in Italy.
Advanced 3D scanning technology is used to capture a wide range of artifacts, from ancient sculptures to objects shaped by contemporary events such as the war in Ukraine. This process provides digital preservation that protects not only the physical form of these items but also their historical and cultural essence, ensuring accessibility for future generations.
Giuseppe Lo Schiavo, Fragments of reality, Red Car, 2024
Fine art print on cotton paper
195×130 cm, Edition of 4
3D scan of a car captured on-site in Ukraine by the local people
Fragments of reality, Red Car, 2024
Light test
Giuseppe Lo Schiavo, Fragments of reality, Buildings, 2024
Fine art print on cotton paper
115×155 cm x 3, Edition of 4
Amid the vivid colours of an autumn forest, the ruins of a bombed building are barely visible, as if nature were trying to cover their memory, or perhaps absorb them.
The destroyed structures, captured through 3D scanning from war-affected areas, blend into the yellows and oranges of the foliage, remaining visible only to a discerning eye.
3D SCAN DETAILS
Title: From a statue of Diskoforos
Accession: KAS905
Artist: Polykleitos
Place: SMK – Statens Museum for Kunst