Tatlin’s Tower: Symbol of Revolution

Gego: Line as Object

Antoine Pevsner: Maquette of a Monument Symbolising the Liberation of the Spirit

Upon a visit to Tate London, I found this beautifully intricate sculpture. It, too, appears as a wireframe mesh and seeks to allow the viewer to fill in the gaps between adjacent wires. However it is the precision I found t be most interesting when I saw it first-hand.

Suspended Engine: Fishing Wire

To recreate Gego and Pevsner, I used a DSLR to capture up-close shots of the fishing wire connecting the engine components.

Reconstruction of Suspended Engine

I began by taking the original engine suspension plan, and using the “line” tool in Blender to move from one allocated to the next, in the corresponding to which I physically placed each part.

Then, having taken roughly 100 photos of the installation whilst in situ, I created two 3D scans of the floor and engine pieces themselves. This was done by importing these photos into Autodesk ReCap Photo and letting the software reconstruct the two scenes.

Mesh Filter Floor

X-Ray Filter Floor

Final Result Floor

Final Result Engine Components

Forensic Architecture

Applying a “mesh” filter to the engine component scan;

Playing with shadows;