Catherine Leutenegger

At the beginning of the third millenium, the rise of digital technologies has opened unprecedented new avenues of experimentation. One of these booming technologies is undoubtedly 3D printing. With its increasing democratization and its ever-growing possibilities, I am fascinated by its possible future developpments in the process of revolutionizing numerous business sectors. 3D printing’s potential seems to be endless but what are its limits? To what degree of precision 3D printers replicate reality? And what happens when the computer or the machine fails, or when a glitch in the 3D digital model is materialized as a physical object in the tangible space?