"Fragment" transposes Lee's sand grain research from sculpture to print. Each screenprint depicts a single grain from Popenguine, Senegal, while incorporating actual sand particles into the printing process. The edition follows the Fragment sculpture series-nano-CT scanned sand grains enlarged thousands of times-but shifts scale and medium. Here, microscopic detail meets physical material: sand becomes both subject and substance. Lee and Reiner's collaboration bridges computational geometry with traditional printmaking. The 32-print edition renders one grain's surface topology while embedding countless others in the paper's texture. This material recursion-grains depicting a grain-collapses the distinction between representation and reality. Sand's contradictions emerge: abundant yet depleting, individual yet collective, ancient yet industrially consumed for concrete and silicon chips. Each print holds geological time within contemporary process.
Research: DICOM images from nano-CT scans translate to screenprint layers. The workflow converts cross-sectional imagery-captured at micron resolution-into printable separations. Each DICOM slice reveals internal structure and surface topology, data that transforms into ink densities and screen patterns. Sand particles embedded during printing add physical texture to the optical information. Print separations derive from depth analysis of the scan sequence, maintaining topological accuracy while adapting to screenprint's technical constraints. This process links medical imaging protocols with artistic printmaking, exploring how CT visualization methods extend into traditional media.
Photography: Handsiebdruckerei
