Linnea Vemes


Positive, Negative Space
08/2025
Spatial Investigation
Image Making & Casting
Restructured Fragments
03/2025
Spatial Investiagation
Clay 3D Printing
Fragile Covers
12/2024
Material Contrasts
Hot Working GlassMemory Forest
12/2023
Material Contrasts
Digital Fabrication & Foundry
Paper Ghosts
12/2023
Material Contrasts
Digital Fabrication & Ceramics
Rope Swing
03/2023
Archival ResearchDigital FabricationMonument of Transformation03/2023
Emotional Durability
WoodworkBrutal Concrete08/2022
City Spaces
Photography

Rope Swing


Rope Swing is part of a research brief in collaboration with the ILEA Collection in the UAL Archives and Special Collections Centre. The rope swing is a dynamic object that lost all its function in the archive. Archives can be reimagined through digitalisation. Digital artefacts could regain some of their intended purpose but question the limitations of originality and realistic representation of digital artefacts in comparison to the original.

Rope Swing, ILEA Collection, Polycam scan, 2023

Project Description
The rope swing was the first object the project gravitated towards, immediately initiating ideas of potential responses. It evoked a feeling of freedom and lightness, while the winding shapes of the rope sparked an interest in its tactile qualities. Swings seem to provide endless possibilities of reinterpretation for public or private use, such as chairs or broader products that swing in different directions. During the Object Handling, the swing was arranged into different formations through an intuitive process. The starting point for the ideation process was the shape of the rope, which led to a visual dissection of the swing and a series of collages responding to the different ways in which the rope wound when held.

The swing was later re-examined and 3D scanned using the Polycam app. Ten scans showcased failures of technology, including unregistered rope pieces and missing detail in the rope texture. These scans became a basis for further editing and exploration in Blender, resulting in digital 3D sculptures and a 3D print made from one of the scans.
Rope Swing, ILEA Collection, Polycam scan, 2023Rope Swing, ILEA Collection, stl file, digital image, 2023Rope Swing, digital collage, 2023Shibari Knots, fine line drawings, 2023Rope Swing Glitch, PLA 3D print, 2023


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Photographs by Linnea Vemes unless otherwise stated