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Revisited: "Unnatural: People, Energy and Materials in Three Acts"

05 Apr, 2017

Revisited: "Unnatural: People, Energy and Materials in Three Acts"

Last night Ron Rael presented on three major themes in his work. While on the surface seemingly unrelated, Rael connected the border wall which separates Mexico and the US and the societal and environmental reactions to its presence, the failure of solar-cylinder producer Solyndra and its products' transformation into a botanical garden installation, and the re-imagining of ancient building materials and quotidian objects with 3-D printing. Rael in his talk explored how people can use objects and barriers in the built environment and finds ways to make them into objects of community interaction.

Check out photos of the event below and what people had to say about the talk:

2016 ATC Ron Rael