Elana Bulet, Untitled (from an abandoned quarry in my grandma's town, Almayate, Spain), 2024.

Jaimie An
RISD Sculpture 2024

This speculative body of work is an investigation into the bit-flipping phenomenon caused by cosmic rays, sub-atomic particles from distant stars bombarding the Earth, and their effects on our digital technologies. Despite the near-perfect accuracy of digital models composed of 0's and 1's, it is not infallible to the forces of physical reality; in a rare but revealing interference, these rays can flip the 0's and 1's, corrupting digital files, and thereby challenging our notion of forms preserved in pristine, timeless, vectorized space. By interjecting 3D printing, a process by which a virtual object is brought into existence, glitches now marr these forms with scars and imperfections, far from the expectation of flawless reproduction. In its aberrations, the sculptures serve as a poignant reflection on the vulnerability of human endeavors, digital or otherwise, to the capricious forces of the cosmos, reminding us that even in our most controlled environments, the universe leaves its indelible mark. Instead, it offers a modern-day memento mori, a reminder of the inevitable decay that contrasts sharply with the digital age's quest for perfection, exposing our technological hubris.

Elena Bulet
RISD Photography 2024

This is a work in progress for a project in which I retrace my grandmother's origins in Almayate (Spain), the town in which she was born. A lot of the work involves exploring space and landscape as they are the most constant witnesses of her presence in the town. These photographs have been made in an abandoned quarry. It is a meaningful space for the villagers and at some point was underwater, as their walls are full of shells. When the space was not in use anymore, the local police used it as a field for shooting practice, so the mountain has also embedded the scars of these dynamics.

Da eun Lee
RISD Sculpture 2024

This piece is based on my experience getting a Green Card. This papier-maché piece is made by my audience. The audience could participate by making their own green card with papier-maché made out of my actual shredded and recycled green card documents. After the audience finished mixing all the ingredients, they could put the papier-maché onto the green plate, engraved ‘Emma Will Make Your American Dream Come True.’

This piece indicates how hard it can be to access the American dream through immigration and permanent residence cards, which are impermanent—and having to pull yourself up by the bootstraps to achieve the dream.

Lori Park
RISD Sculpture 2024